ANDAL'S ENVY CONCH'S PRIDE 3

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ANDAL'S ENVY CONCH'S PRIDE -3

 

 

In the previous postings, it was seen that the pAnchajanyam is fiery

to the opponents which was seen from thriu voi mozhip pAsuram and its

so dear to His devotees which was seen from nAchiAr thiru mozhip

pAsuram.

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr has clearly combined these both aspects and spelt

out in the sixth ten of thiru mozhi:

 

"pandhAr viralAl pAnjAli kUndhal mudikka bhAradhathuk

kanhAr kaLiRRuk kazhal mannar mALach changam vAi vaithAn..." 6-7-8 peirya thiru mozhi.

 

For the sake of pAnjAli Lord krishNa connected His divine mouth to the

conch to decimate the opponent kings.Here, thus it is seen that

devotees wish and removal of hurdles are sought to be done.

 

The conch is thus being remembered time and again by AzhwAr's and AndAL is no exception.

 

She mentions in nAchiAr thiru mozhi 5-2

"veLLai viLi sangu idang kayil koNda

vimalan enakku vuruk kAttAn..."

 

Here,AndaL describes her agony due to separation from the Lord. She mentions in this pAsuram

The LOrd with the white calling conch does not show Himself.

 

AndAL does not just want the vision of the Lord, but the vision of the

Lord with the divine conch.This is because she considers the conch as

a divine ornament. It was seen earlier the conch terrorises with the

sound. How come it is an ornament? For the devotees it is an

ornament. It fits in well in His left hand.She picutures Him with the

pAnchajanyam and looks for His arrival.

 

In the first thiru varangam pAsuram

"thAm vugakkum tham kayil,

sangamE pOlAvO!.yAm vugakkum en kayil

sangamum EndhiyaiEr.." nAchiAr thiru mozhi 11-1

 

Here, AndAL requests for the ornament of the Lord. Due to the

separation AndAL mentins that the vaLai in her hand is gone. The

separation is due to the Lord and AndAL's ornamnet is gone due to

Lord's action/inaction. Hence, it is His duty to replace it with His

ornament namely the pAnchajanyam. the Lord does not show Himself and

hence AndAL feels that He not only takes away the ornament of AndAL

but also does not desire to part with His ornament. She asks " is it

fair to take away ones belongings and also to refuse to reciprocate

with replacement?" the idea here is to have vision of the Lord with

the divine conch. She desires to see the Lord with the conch.-yAm

vugakkum en kayil sangamum EndhiyaiEr.

 

In the above pAsuram-s glimpses of AndaL's desire for the Lord with the conch is explicitly said.

Is that all?

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan