Avathārikai (Introduction)
All perceptible materials in this phenomenal world exist as potent reminders (uddīpaka) of the Supreme Lord, Emperumān Sriman Nārāyaṇa. Yet for a soul in the throes of divine love, these very reminders become a source of profound and hurtful anguish. The Chāndogya Upaniṣad declares, “na ca punarāvarthathe”—one who reaches that supreme