(i) There are two broad groups of the Lord’s votaries, namely, those who ask of Him boons like acquisition of wealth, freedom from rebirth and so on, while those in the other group seek none but the Lord Himself. The Āzhvār falls in the latter group, no doubt, and yet, if the Lord has given Himself unto the Āzhvār, it is because of His inordinate love for the Āzhvār and
In the sixth pās̱uram of this chapter, our Āzhvār contemplates the profound nature of Sriman Nārāyaṇa's grace. He establishes that when the Lord gave Himself entirely to the Āzhvār, it was an act born of His own immense desire and unparalleled mercy. This supreme gift was not a consequence of there being no one else to receive and enjoy Him; rather, it was a deliberate