thirup pAvai - part 15 - "nanda gOpan kumaran"

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ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

(*) In Hindu family, "thanthai" or Father is considered the

achAryAL, as he seeks the alliance (holy matrimony or eternal

union) and finalises the date to get married and arranges the

ceremony "ritual" and facilitates it as well by doing kaNNiga

dhAnam (a type of vyAja). Hindu marriage ceremonies symobilically

illustrates many of these aspects. The upadEsams or aRivuRai or

"advises" the Mother would provide to the girl (jivAtmA) becomes

the mantra upadEsam (dwayam) that serves as the vehicle for the

rest of the life for the girl (jivAtmA) in her "pukkAm" known as

Husband's house. ie., one becomes a dAsi or dAsan when surrenders

to the Lord and they have no adikAram or "sakhthi" over anything

(**). Everything is realised as the thiru uLLam of the purushan

and henceforth the dAsi will only do everything as ordered by the

purushan (Lord Sri Krishna).

 

periazwar was coming in his pallakku (palenquin) with his

daughter ANDAL and other "thaay veetu seer" (certain gifts etc.,

from the mother). He was travelling to SriRangam to perform this

"ritual"known here as the marriage (earlier was sought through the

"nOnbu" by Sri ANDAL) as the acharyaL is marriage party consisting

of his suRRam or relatives and friends. They were proceeding from

srivillippuththur for getting her married to Lord Sri Krishna

(as Lord ARANGAN), as per the command of Lord Sri Krishana

(ARANGAN) HIMSELF, who appeared in periazwar's dream and *invited*

him to bring his daughter to Srirangam. When they approached the

outskirts of Sriranagam, Sri ANDAL suddenly vanished. It is said

that sooner periazwar rushed to Sri Krishnan's sannithi (Lord

Arangan), and there he saw her in the sannithi in thiruk kalyAnak

kOlam.

 

There is a "marabu" or tradition believed to be true in

Srirangam even today. If someone comes with the desire (that was

earlier prompted by theLord HIMself) to surrender to the Lord Sri

Krishna (Lord Arangan) in Srirangam, it is said that the Lord

HIMself comes to the entrance of the city and receives them. One

can say in loose words that the Lord "pick them up" at the

thershold or outpost itself. The above story of sri ANDAL is just

presented to underline the fact that it was perumaL Lord

Sri KrishnA who initiated the thought on the nOnbu for Sri ANDAL,

and it was Sriperiazwar (through perumAL's thiru aruL inhis dream)

who chose the "date" and "time" for the marriage and it

was Sri KrishanA who also received or picked them up and it

was Sri Krishan who finally got married to HER in the form of

Lord Arangan.

 

ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sampath Rengarajan

 

 

(*) Though Several refernces can be written for this, only

some brief and core concepts are presented to help understand the

fundamental and follow the flow of the article.

 

(**) - (ie., in its pure meaning the word dAsi or dasan

one has no adikAram over anything iw., when one writes he is dasan

of so and so he must atleast mentally have to accept that he has

no adikAram over anything).