Azhwars and acharyas look upon Brahman and His creation as exemplifying the indissoluble relationship between the jivatma and the Paramatma. They affirm that out of compassion, the Supreme Brahman creates the universe with His Jnana and Shakti so that the jivatmas can attain salvation, said Velukkudi Sri Krishnan in a discourse.
If creation is thus seen as the effort of Brahman to claim the lost jivatmas who belong to Him, consequently the result too is seen to benefit Brahman when the jivatmas get back to His fold. Does this mean and imply that Brahman too has unfulfilled desires? No. His omniscience is such that Brahman knows at which birth and at what moment a particular jivatma would attain Him. This knowledge is tantamount to fulfilment of His desire to attain the jivatma who is unaware of his past or future in the journey to liberation.
Brahman has nothing to attain. There is nothing He is yet to acquire. Krishna quotes His case clearly when He says He is not bound by any sort of duty. There is nothing in all three worlds which He does not already possess. Yet, He goes on working untiringly because if He did not, mankind would be lost.
Nammazhwar is overwhelmed while contemplating the many ways in which the Lord takes absolute care of each and every aspect of His creation. In a hymn, he bemoans with a tinge of sadness that the celestial beings belonging to the heavenly region, the asuras from the nether world and the human beings of this world see the Lord as a mere means to attain their aims in life. What a pity that they are not sensitive to His boundless beauty and compassion!
