Finding the Lord unmoved by his ardent entreaties, the Āzhvār apprehends that the Lord expects him to fall back on other means and, therefore, puts the Lord the triple questions spelt out in lines 2 and 3 of this stanza. In essence, the Āzhvār asks the Lord whether He expects him to fend for himself or run after some one else seeking protection, or He would do the job
In this third pāśuram of the eighth chapter of the fifth decade, our revered Nammāzhvār, finding that his fervent cries have not yet yielded their desired fruit, begins to wonder if Emperumān perceives him as one who might attempt to conduct his own spiritual activities. To dispel any such notion, the Āzhvār voices a profound plea, making it unequivocally clear that