Avathārikai (Introduction)
The Āzhvār, in a state of profound devotional ecstasy, proceeds to describe the all-encompassing grace and beauty of Sriman Nārāyaṇa. He is the supreme benefactor of this terrestrial realm (bhū-lōka), an earth sustained by the threefold confluence of agitating waters—the waters that flow from great rivers, the waters that well up from