A Peep into Periya Thriu-Mozhi 23

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Rivalry with Periya PirAtti ?

 

"iruppadhu aRindhum,. Agilum Asai vidALAL"

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr talked about thirumandhiram. Surrendered at

naimisAraNyam and thiruvEnkatam. Rejoiced over His mind falling at

the feet of the Lord. Reached the extreme and spoke about the

greatness of being devoted to the devotees of sriman nArAyaNA.

 

Despite all this the 'meet' with the emperumAn did not fructify.

AzhwAr's feelings and agony due to separation aggravarted and

resulted in transformation into feminine form of thirumangai AzhwAr

"parakAla nAyaki". Even this parakAla nAyaki was unable to lament her

feelings. The state of distress was in fact reported and narrated by

her mother.

 

Mother commences regarding AzhwAr's craving by the following expressions.

 

"Oh! Lord your chest-the treasure chest- is adorned by none other than

'periya pirAtti' . Can anybody match the greatness of periya periAtti?

Can anybody be at par with Her beauty? Not realising this, Oh!

em-perumAn, my daughter,out of her immense love and affection is

desiring You. It is well known that pirAtti is never away from You

and the intense affection You have towards Her"

 

The mother's fear is the presence of periya pirAtti. The mother

apprehends that it may not be correct to be a rival with periya

pirAtti. The situation is aggravated by the fact that parkAla nAyaki

does know all this and still yearns for your eternal love-'Agilum

Asai vidALAL'

 

What are AzhwAr's-parkAla nAyaki- thoughts in this regard? Well,

contrast to the fear of mother that desiring the Lord who is with

peirya pirAtti, the presence of peirya priAtti Herself adds immense

strength and courage to parkAla nAyaki. In fact, parakAla nAyaki is

not just appraoching the Lord but the "sriman nArAyaNA" . The

characteristic of periya pirAtti being 'purushakAram' -mediatrix is

comprehensively realisied by parkAla nAyaki and what in her mother's

estimate should be a dissuading factor is in fact an encouraging

aspect.

 

Thus, Agilum Asai vidALAL- Still She does not abandon her love, does

not hold good as our philosophy in fact preaches this very thing-fall

at the feet of the Lord who is with peirya pirAtti.

 

This is what is categorically expressed by thirumangai mannan in the

first pAsuram of the seventh ten-

'thivALum ven madhi pOle thirumugathu arivai-sezhumkadal amudhinil piRandha avaLum,'

nin Agathu iruppadhaRindhum, Agilum Asai vidALAL............" 2-7-1;

 

 

Agilum Asai vidALAL

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan