The Āzhvār is gradually working up the unique bliss of service unto the Lord’s apostles and Saints and holding a rapport with them, before which even the bliss of eternal service in the yonder spiritual world, resplendent with the stream of whirling radiance at the lotus feet of the Lord of transcendent glory, pales into insignificance. In the earlier songs, possession
In this fifth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār presents a profound and moving contemplation, posing a rhetorical question of unparalleled devotional sentiment. He asks whether even the ultimate attainment of paramapadam, the eternal realm of Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, along with all conceivable forms of wealth and bliss, could ever compare to the sublime experience of