2581. Will he accept us as his devotees in all the eons
so that we may worship him?
At the time of terrible flood
when there was no world and no people,
he, the seed from which everything came,
the only god at the end of the eon,
created Nānmuhan from his navel on a lotus,
and Nānmuhan created three-eyed Shivā
and the other gods and all the three worlds.
Let us worship the feet of Māyan.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
UzhithORUzhi – Every kalpam, unlike the "nitya agni hotram" which is performed at specific times each day. When queried if maṅgalāśāsanam can be conducted in every kalpa at a particular time, the āzhvār responds:
Ovadhu – It should be executed incessantly, every second, without even the slightest pause. Upon being asked about the further duties, he declares: