Thiru NaRaiyoor - madal parisu peRRa thalam - Part 4

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"Madal oorvan" oru viLakkam ie "madal oorvan" an explanation.

 

kadalanna kaamam uzhanRum madalERaap

peNNiR perunthakka thil

Thiru VaLLuvar in thiruk kural on "madal oorthal"

and

 

eththani marunginum magadu U madan mER

poRpudai neRiyinmai yaana ..

 

ie the practice of madal mEl selluthal or the such neRi is not common for

magaLIr or woman, as per Tamil IlakkaNam.

 

Madal Eruthal is a paNpaadu or vazhimuRai or practice for sanga Kaala

thamizhar. During sanga kaalam, the thalaivan or male lover, wants to

propagandae or make it public that he was betrayed by his love ie his

counterpart namely the female lover. He makes a horse made of panai Olai (palm

leaves), and draws or paints his lover's picture in a cloth and hangs it as a

flag for the horse and wears erukkam poo maalai (garland made of a type of un

unsual flower ie used mostly for pillaiyaar, a bachelor lord) for himslef and

rides in alankOlam and and cries out to the public that this is the merciless

female who betrayed him.

 

When thirumangai assumed the naayagi baavam, he instigates the Lord that if you

would not present me your darshan, I would do madal Eruthal. He openly

(outwardly) delivered the love on the Lord in two madals ie periya and siriya

thiru madal. ie in tamil, kaathalai kaatta madal viduththaar mangai. Though he

makes reference to many kshethrams , the madal oorthal is meant for "thiru

naRaiyoor" only as per the poorvaachchaaryaaLS.

 

ooRaa thozhiyEn ulakaRiya onnuthaleer

seeraar mulaith thadangaLai sEraLavum paarellaam

anRu Ongi ninRu aLanthaan ninRa thiru naraiyoor

mannOnga oorvan madal

- Kambar

Thirumangai built mathil for srirangam. Thus pleased by such service, Arangan

presented aazhwwar, theerththam, parivattam, and sadagOpam, and asked him,

aazhweer, won't you present the thirumadal prabandam for me also ie in Tamil,

"thirumadal prabandangalai namakku aruLich cheyyal aakaathO ?"

 

Thirumangai replied, "mathil ingE and madal angE ie thiru naRaiyoor".

 

Pillai thirunaRaiyoor araiyar, in his thaniYan for periya thiru madal,

 

ponnulakil vaanavarum poomakaLum pORRich cheyyum

nannuthaleer nambi naRaiyoorar - maNNUlakil

ennilamai kaNdum irangaarE yaamaakil

mannu "madaloorvan" vanthu.

 

The sarchchai or controversy whether thirumangai adopted this as a male or in

his baavam of naayaki. The expert vyaakyaanams of achaaryaaLS points that he

delivered this in his naayaki baavam. Thirumangai as a female and being in the

strong Tamil culture, how can he adopt such a posture may be a question. But

the content is such that "if you are not to offer me your darshan, though I

very strongly adopt the Tamil culture, please be aware that madaloorthal is

also adopted by female as per vada nool ie sanskrit literaures and that I will

do it if you donot offer your darshan".

 

mannum vazhi muRaiyE niRkum naam - maanOkkin

anna nadaiyaar larEsa aadavar mEl

mannum madalooraar enbathOr vaasakamum

thennuraiyil keTTarivathuNdu

 

and

 

athanaiyaam theLiyOm

 

ie mannum vadaneRiYe vENdinOm

 

It is clear here that he quoted this in his naayagi baavam. He is so bold to

quote this crossing (not following) the protocols of tamil culture, as he

assumed naayaki baavam . . It is believed that An aaychchi or goPikaa who loved

Sri Krishnaa, attempted to do madal Eruthal as she realises that she cannot

attain HIM now. Similar to that vEkavathi, and ulaabikai also were in love with

the Lord and that is what thirumangai is referring as his similarities of the

love for the Lord as a naayaki and "threatens" a humiliation for the Lord id he

has to do madal Eruthal.

 

Since aaraavamuthan who loved this aazwaar and Thamizh mozhi so much granted

such darshan and the aawaar dropped his idea of madal eeruthal. Since thiru

naRaiyoor is the kshEthram where thirumangai got his pancha samaskaram done by

the Lord Himslef it is considerd that doing pancha samaskaaram was the darshan

and thirumanthra upadEsam was considered as the discussion of the Lord for

aazhwaar. Hence this kshthram is the only one considered as the madal winner

among the 108 DD's. (ie as per aazhwaar and Arangan conversation)

 

Thirumangai thiruvadikaLe saraNam

Nambikkai naachchiyaar samEtha Thiru NaRaiyoor nambi thiruvadikaLe saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan