(i) The worldly men are essentially selfish and they befriend only those who possess money and lavish praises on them. The latter easily succumb to these sycophants and are misled into believing that they are all genuine well-wishers, with no personal ends in view. The confidence-tricksters will then have no hesitation in fleecing the wealthy men, cheating them, right
In this third pāsuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals the ephemeral and self-serving nature of worldly relationships, contrasting them with the unfailing and unconditional grace of Śrīman Nārāyaṇa. Āzhvār observes how all other relations, who feign kinship, gather around an individual only when there is a discernible benefit for themselves, yet they swiftly abandon