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Synopsis The Mystique of the Love of Divine consisting of (1) Tiruppavai (Lyric of the Sacred Vow), (2) Tiruppaliyezhucci (The Song of Awakening), (3) Tiruppallandu (Blessing the Lord) is a selection from extensive devotional hymnal literature of South Indian saints, of great antiquity, known as Azhwars. They were deeply inspired by the Vedic literature and the Epics, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavat Purana. As the Azhwars lived in times of great antiquity, the theory of two different civilizations eg. The Aryan and the Dravidian, fostered in some quarters is totally baseless. These compositions are in Tamil language and are regarded as the outpourings of God-intoxicated saints, who had direct experience of the Supreme in their illustrious lives. Sanskrit verses corresponding to each of the Tamil Pasuram have also been added to make experienced by the deep ethos of the writings has been explained in this work. This Trilogy is popularly recited in all homes in South India on ceremonial occasions and even in the famous centres of Vaishnava tradition all over the country. This attempt of explaining the ethos contained in the Hymns was feld necessary to supply the need of educating the devout on the underlying dimensions of their worship. The reader will find the exposition complete and informative. It will encourage them to greater effort of spiritual enlightenment.