It is indeed incredible that the Lord, higher than whom there is none, should pounce upon a frail being like the Āzhvār, with such avidity. As Nampiḷḷai would put it, the Āzhvār is at a loss to know whether the Lord did so out of love or He was out to kill him with His overwhelming kindness. The Lord just grabbed at the Āzhvār, saying that the latter, in his native humility, was not conscious of his greatness.
In this fourth pāsūram of the chapter, Nammāzhvār expresses his profound inability to comprehend the nature of the love (prema) bestowed upon him by Emperumān. The Āzhvār marvels that the Supreme Lord, who impeccably governs the entire cosmos with all its entities as His servitors, should engage with him—a soul who considers himself utterly lowly—in a manner that defies