(i) Āzhvār to the Lord: My Lord, why should You at all endow me with the refractory senses, which upset the natural order of things and hold me in their cruel grip, day and night? You are so far away that I can’t even cry out my woes to you. The natural order of things would be: The individual soul is the vassal of the Lord, the mind is subordinate to the individual and
In this second pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār continues his profound lament, articulating a devastating grievance against the Supreme Lord. As the venerable ācārya Nanjīyar explains, the Āzhvār’s cry is this: “Oh Śrīman Nārāyaṇa! You, who are my ultimate goal, are tormenting me, one who is utterly helpless and weak, by setting my own senses against me. Throughout