The Āzhvār was beseeching the Lord all along, panting and craving for Him, to come and reign in his heart. This was indeed superfluous for the Lord is even more enamoured of the Āzhvār and He has, all the time, been looking forward to getting hold of the Āzhvār and being firmly lodged in his heart. And now, He has got inside the Āzhvār and He keeps looking at him with
In the opening pāsuraṁ of this chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār mercifully recounts, in a sublime and concise manner, the process by which Emperumān, the Supreme Lord, came and graciously united with him. The Āzhvār reveals how Sriman Nārāyaṇa, in response to his ardent pleas, entered his very heart not as a sovereign master but as a supplicant Himself. He did so to eliminate all