The Moksha Virodhi

uyyum uRavu isayAthE otthavarkkE adimayumAi

poy uruvai tamakku yERRip-pulan koNDa payanE koNDu

iyuRavum aar iruLum al-vazhiyum adainthavarkkE

meyyaruL seythidum ThirumAl vEzha malai MEyavanE … 5

Meaning:

The jeevaathma does not remember its inherent, inescapable links to the Lord and unfortunately, gets associated with another bonded jeevaathma. The jeevaathma starts to engage itself in trivial pleasures because it cannot recall the difference between itself and the body in which it is temporarily stationed. Such a jeevaathma fails to find the right Āchārya and is therefore full of arrogance and ignorance. The jeevaathma feels agony and engages itself in inauspicious activities.

The Lord feels pity for such jeevaathmas and opens up a path to find the right Āchārya and re-engage in bhakti so that it may qualify for sharanagati and prapatti, thus allowing the Lord to liberate it from its cycle of birth and death.