It can be firmly asserted that this song is indeed the very cream of the entire hymnal, yielding, as it does, the grand thesis that attainment of the individual soul is the Lord’s great gain. This incidentally sets at naught the oft-debated concept of the individual gaining the Lord and striving to that end. In the ‘Song Celestial’, Lord Kṛṣṇa said, in a tone of frustration,
In this tenth pāsuram of the chapter, as elucidated by the great pūrvācāryas such as Śrī Nañjīyar, Śrī Nammāzhvār mercifully reveals a profound and cherished truth of our sampradāya: the infinite eagerness of Emperumān for His devotee far surpasses even the most intense and all-consuming desire of the devotee for Him. The Āzhvār describes a divine contest of