saraNA maRai payandha thAmaraiyAnOdu
maraNAya mannuyirgatku ellAm - araNAya
pErAzhi koNda pirAn anRi maRRaRiyAdhu
OrAzhi sUzhndha ulagu 

Meaning:

thAmaraiyAnOdu 			- Along with Brahma who was born in the lotus in the navel
payandha 			- and was taught
maRai 				- the Vedas
saraNA 				- which are the means to all four purushArtthas,
araN Aya 			- that which protects
man uyirgatku ellAm 		- the eternal souls
maraNAya 			- that have death (of their bodies) as part of their nature,
aRiyAdhu 			- is not known
ulagu 				- by the people of the world
Or Azhi sUzhndha 		- that is surrounded by the matchless ocean,
pEr Azhi koNda pirAn anRi maRRu	- other than the Lord with the great Chakra in His hand.

Vyakhyana Saram:
In the prior pasuram, Azhvar said that He is the means. If the fruit of liberation is for the soul, then would not the means too be by the soul? Azhvar replies - if one looks at the state of the soul, one sees that it knows neither the past nor the future and does not understand the present; if one looks at His nature, He knows everything (the chetana's good and the bad) and He has complete power (to give the chetanas what they need). Therefore, it is clear that only He can be the means and not the chetana.