ANDAL'S ENVY CONCH'S PRIDE-2

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ANDAL'S ENVY CONCH'S

PRIDE

 

 

In the previous posting, it was seen that the divine conch breathes

fire into the minds of opponents. This has been spelt out by other

AzhwAr also. For instance, bhUdhathAzhwAr in second thiru vandhAdhi

71 mentions "idangai, valampuri ninRArpa.." The conch makes booming

sound from the divine left hand of the Lord.

 

The role of the Lord is to remove the difficulties of the devotees and

to fulfill their wishes. By the fiery actions, the pAnchajanyam, the

hindrances of the devotees are sought to be removed. What is it that

it does for fulfilling the wishes of the devotees?

 

This is explained in nAchiAr thiru mozhi : " pUngkOL thirumugathu maduthUdhiya sangoliyum.." 9-9.

 

During krishNAvathAram, sri rukminip pirAtti was restlessly waiting

for the Lord, lest sisupAlan would be a threat to Her. Her,

eagerness, anxiety was reaching its boiling point and culminated into

extreme worrisome situation. At that time, the sound of the conch

pAnchajanyam, ' bum, bum' reached sri rukminip pirAtti and relieved

Her greatly. She was saved, saved from the anxiety, saved from the

restlessness, as the arrival of the Lord was signalled by the divine

conch.

 

AndAL is asking the Lord - when am I going to hear such a sound and

get myself rescued? She thus awaits the sound.

 

Thus, what is terrific noise to the opponents is music and melody to

the devoted souls.The devotees await with zest the din of the sound,

music to their ears. It is akin to manna dew from the skies.

 

is that all?

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan