Sūdhanāyaḥ kazhavanāgi – āzhvār describes his earlier state. 'Sūdhu' (deception) refers to the act of stealing someone else’s belongings even as they watch. 'Kazhavu' (theft) involves taking someone else’s belonging, presuming it to be one’s own. In this pāsuram, these terms represent the rejection of meanings as set forth in pramāṇams (authoritative scriptures). For