In the preceding song, the Saint condemned those who hanker after the transient riches, instead of getting soley absorbed in God-love. And now, he speaks disparagingly of the ‘Kevalas’, those whose final goal is limited to mere emancipation from the terrific cycle of birth and death and remain-ling thereafter in disembodied state, lost for ever in that stupid self-enjoyment,
In this second pāśuram, Śrī Nammāzhvār directs his divine critique towards the aspirants of kaivalya-mokṣa, the state of eternal, isolated enjoyment of one's own ātmā. As our revered ācāryas explain, Āzhvār condemns these souls for their profoundly misplaced priorities. Śrī Nanjīyar notes that this pāśuram is a censure of those who seek kaivalyam. Śrī Vādhi