THIRUVIRUTTAM 96

வணங்கும் துறைகள் பலபலவாக்கி மதிவிகற்பால்

பிணங்கும் சமயம் பலபலவாக்கி அவைஅவைதோறும்

அணங்கும் பலபலவாக்கி நின்மூர்த்தி பரப்பி வைத்தாய்

இணங்கும் நின்னோரையில்லாய் நின்கண் வேட்கை எழுவிப்பனே

Vanangum turaigalh palapalavaakki mathivikarpal

Pinangum chamayam palapalavaakki avaiavaithorum

Anangum palapalavaakki ninmoorthi parappi vaithai

Inangum ninnoraiyillai ninkan vetkai ezhuvippane

(Nammalvar: Thiruvirutttam 96)

You have created many forms of worship. You have likewise created many religions which sometimes differ sharply from each other with their contradictory doctrines. Thus You have created many gods as Your own forms. There is none equal to You. I long deeply for You.

Here Nammalvar speaks of all the religions and all forms of worship as His creation and all the gods as His forms. The Gita also refers in Chapter VII to many other deities to whom devotees offer worship.

This is one of the few poems at the end of Thiruviruttam, where Nammalvar discards symbolism.