In this song, the Āzhvār expatiates on the heinous material contacts, referred to in the previous song. In the first two lines, he draws a picture of God-head, with melting tenderness, while, in the next two lines, he speaks of his own inglorious material shackles, with great abhorrence. Neatly cloaked outside, this body is but a bundle of guts and glands, blood and bones,
In this fifth pāśuram of the chapter, our glorious Āzhvār mercifully and with great clarity identifies the fundamental impediment to his spiritual realization: his prakṛti-sambandham, the soul's beginningless yet unnatural entanglement with the material realm. Advancing this profound insight, the Āzhvār directly addresses Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, declaring, "You are the one