The Āzhvār says that the knowledge of the Lord being the Supreme Controller of all things and beings, abiding in all, which sustained him hitherto, is forsaking him now, the sinner that he is. Time, with its triple components of ‘Past’, ‘Present’ and ‘Future’ and all things and beings embraced within its folds, are but the Lord’s modes. The Āzhvār could, therefore, discern
In the preceding pāsuram, Śrī Nammāzhvār expressed his profound anguish in separation from the Lord. Continuing this theme, the great commentators, led by the venerable Nañjīyar, explain the essence of this seventh pāsuram: the Āzhvār, who sustains his very existence upon the foundational knowledge that the entire cosmos is utterly subservient to Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, finds