To a question supposed to have been put to the Āzhvār by the votaries of minor deities, as to why Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, declared by him, in so many ways as the Supreme Lord, did not bend them towards Him, instead of allowing them to drift in the manner they were doing, adoring the lesser gods, this song provides the answer. It is because of the heavy sins committed by them
This sixth pāsuraṁ addresses a profound theological query, as elucidated by our revered ācāryas. Śrī Nanjīyar and Śrī Nampiḷḷai frame the context by posing the question that is answered herein: "We have good clarity about Bhagavān's supremacy when you mercifully explain the same, and yet, at other times, we have a great desire towards other dēvatās. What is the reason