UpadEsa Rathna Maalai: Part 6:Upadesam on the glories of ANDAL , Madhura kavi and EmperumAnAr

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Why focus on the avathAra dinams of Madhura kavi and ANDAL ?

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AzhwAr ThirumakaL ANDAL , Madhurakavi

-yAzhwAr yathirAsarAm ivarkaL , VaazhvAha

vanthu udhittha maathankaL nALkaL tamin vaasiyayum

intha ulahOrkku uraippOm naam .....(21)

 

In the previous five paasurams , Sri Soumya Vara Muni

celebrated the greatness of PeriyAzhwAr and ThiruppallANDu.

Now , he shifts his focus to the daughter of PeriyAzhwAr ,

Sri VishNuchittha Kula Nandhana Kalpavalli , Sri ANDAL .

He includes in this paasuram an announcement as to what

he is going to dwell on in the next seventeen paasurams

as well . He states that he is going to pay his reverence

to Madhura kavi and EmperumAnAr in addition to Godhai of

SrivillipputthUr .We will study the meaning of this paasuram now:

 

(Meaning ): AdiyEn will now describe the uniqueness

( VailakshaNyams) of the birth days and the months of

the incarnations of ANDAL, the daughter of PeriyAzhwAr ,

Madhura Kavi and EmperumAnAr . They descended on this

earth for the upliftment ( lOka UjjIvanaartham ) and

spiritual nourishment of the people of this world.

 

(Commnets): Sri MM describes ANDAL as " AzhwAr ThirumakaL "

specifically to stress the AchArya-Sishya relationship

between PeriyAzhwAr and ANDAL. She was not only his

Jn~Ana Puthri , but She considered herself as his direct

disciple and refers to that relationship in one

of the NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi (NTM)Paasuram Passage:

 

nalla yenThOzhi NaahaNisai namparar

Selvar Periyar SiRu MaaniDar naam seyvathen ?

Villipudhuvai Vittusitthar tankaL dEvarai

valla parisu VaruvipparEl athu kaaNDumE --NTM:10.10

 

ANDAL says to Her dear friend here that the Lord

is " PeNNIn varutthamaRiyAtha PerumAn ". He is hard hearted

and She gives up on Her own efforts to succeed in getting

His (Selvar's ,Periyavar's ) attention and states that as

SiRu Maanidavar , She has now decided to rely on Her

AchAryan, PERIYAAZHVAAR , who performed the PallANDu

mangaLAsAsanam on the " PERIYAVAR". She is fully confident

that her dear father and AchAryan will bring the Lord

in front of her as a present because of His special

relationship with Him (Her MaNavALan) .

 

In the NTM 11.10 , ANDAL reminds the " tEsudaya dEvar

ThiruvarangacchelvanAr " about His " peruvArthai"

( Charama SlOkams during Varaaha , KrishNAvathArams)

and reminds the Lord that Her father , the AchAryan

is Her witness regarding His " PeruvArthai " :

 

Semmai udaya Thiruvarangar Thaamm paNittha

meymaip peruvArthai Vittuchitthar kEttiruppar

tammai uhappArait thaamm uhappAr yennum soll

tammidaiyE poy aanAl saathippArrAriniyE --NTM : 11.10

 

What a lovely transition form PeriyAzhwAr to ANDAL

with the choice of the beginning words of this URM

Paasuram : " AzhwAr ThirumakaL ANDAL ".

Daasan, V.Sadagopan