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sevi vAy kaN mUkku udal enRu aimpulanum senthI
puvi kAl nIr viN bUtham aindhum - aviyAdha
njAnamum vELviyum nal aRamum enbarE
EnamAy ninRARku iyalvu

Meaning:

enRu aimpulanum 		- The five senses, which are
sevi 				- the ears,
vAy 				- the mouth,
kaN 				- the eyes,
mUkku 				- the nose, and
udal 				- the body;
bUtham aindhum 			- the five elements, which are
senthI 				- fire,
puvi 				- earth,
kAl 				- air,
nIr 				- water, and
viN 				- space;
aviyAdha njAnamum 		- the unperishable knowledge;
vELviyum 			- the karmas; and
nal aRamum 			- the good deeds;
enbarE 				- they say (how faulty is that)
iyalvu 				- that these are the way to reach
EnamAy ninRArku 		- Sri Varaha (who acted without looking for a cause).

Vyakhyana Saram:
To reach Him who is the goal, Azhvar says the means is bhakti. This can be taken either as the bhakti that Azhvars have which is supportive to their experiences of the Lord; or that Azhvar is saying that He is the means and the end and yet some people think of bhakti as the means.

Poygaiyazhvar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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