aththā ariyē enRu unnai azhaikka – As adiyēn calls out to You, crying, "O My Swāmī! O My Lord Hari, the one who vanquishes all my obstacles and afflictions!"
piththā enRu maRRōrar pēsa – The people of this world, observing my devotion, dismissively declare, "He is utterly mad, speaking incoherently when he cries out 'aththā'!" The Āzhvār, however, in his