“Which is that day when I shall join the august assembly, presided over by Lord Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, at Tirunāvāy?” the Āzhvār revolves in his mind, with single-minded devotion, tears flooding his eyes. Should he forego this supreme advantage, even when the Lord has deigned to make Himself visible and stay near at hand, in Tirunāvāy?
In this third pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār's divine longing intensifies into a state of profound anguish. Our revered pūrvācāryas, beginning with the great Nanjīyar, uniformly highlight the central sentiment of this verse: the Āzhvār's heart-rending cry, expressing utter uncertainty as he laments, “I know not the day when I will enter the divine assembly