: Known as Vyakyanachakravarti (the Emperor of Commentators), he is the only scholar to have written comprehensive commentaries for all 4,000 verses of the Divya Prabandham. Manavala Mamunigal

: As years passed, the hunger for deeper understanding grew. expanded it to 9,000 words, and Periyavachan Pillai

"The Divya Prabandham is a palace; each verse is a room; each word is a jewel; but the Vyakyanam is the lamp that you carry into that palace to see the Lord sitting on the throne."

. This was followed by a succession of scholars, most notably

Periyavachchan Pillai’s commentaries on Thiruvaimozhi (especially Muthalayiram ) are also celebrated.

Arguably the most influential commentator of all. He wrote Vyakhyanams for almost the entire Nalayira Divya Prabandham , known collectively as the Periyavachan Pillai Vyakyanam . His masterwork is the (Heart of the Teacher), a meta-commentary on how to interpret the Prabandham. His style is vivid, using stories, logic, and razor-sharp analogies.