(i) The Āzhvār is indeed overwhelmed by the Lord’s spontaneous grace. Well, he doesn’t take it on a quid-pro-quo basis, that is, he does not look at this influx of the Lord’s extra-ordinary grace, making him meditate on Him day and night, as compensation for the grief he experienced in the last decad, but as one shed on him for the Lord’s own pleasure and exultation, at
In this inaugural pāśuram of the decad, Āzhvār reveals the divine abode of the Supreme Lord. As our venerable pūrvācāryas such as Nañjīyar have explained, Āzhvār declares that Sarvēśvara, the Lord of all, is the one who mercifully eliminates all our sufferings, and His chosen residence is the glorious divyadēśam of Tirukadiththānam. Vādhi Kēsari Azhagiya Maṇavāḷa