This decad will cut out the bondage of its chanters, the worldly ties, which operate as an impediment to the attainment of God-head. In other words, this decad cures the malady of separation from the Lord and the resultant state of desolation.
The resplendent Lord, in His iconic manifestation in Tirumūḻikkaḷam, is the Doctor who stays on permanently in our midst, determined to cure the malady of ‘saṃsāra’ of the devout seekers.
In this final pāśuram, which serves as the phalaśruti or declaration of benefits, our revered pūrvācāryas, beginning with Nañjīyar, explain that Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals the ultimate fruit of reciting this sacred chapter: the complete eradication of saṁsāra dhurita—the manifold difficulties arising from material bondage—which is, in its essence, the unbearable pain