A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 214

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anukAram in archAvathAram

 

When a loved soul is separated from the other and cannot reach the other, the

feelings take different shapes. One is praNaya kalaham. Another is madal.

Another is sending emissaries. Talking of the auspicious qulities and sustaining

oneself, is another -GOvindhan guNam pAdi Avi kAthiruppEAnEA- ANdAL in NAchiyAr

Thirumozhi-

 

There is yet another form this manifests into. The soul acts in the manner of

the loved one and tries to assuage the feelings and yearnings.

 

This is called anukAram. GopikAs of AippADi were deeply yearning for Lord

krishNA. One acted like krishNA, enacted kALInga nardhanam. One gOpikA was

kALingan, one was a gopikA, one was Lord kirshNA and so on. This way they could

assuage their feelings.

REfer ThiruppAvai avathArikai.

 

SwAmy NamAzhwAr - mimed Sri KrishNA and spells out that he is the creator,

sustainer and the inner cause of one and all

 

refer avathArikai -EDu -kadal gnAlam seidhEAnum yAnEA ennum -ThiruvAiMOhzi 5-6;

 

Thirumangai AzhwAr also acts like the Lord but again here it is archAvathAram

-His domain.His speciality and uniqueness.

 

This is observed the second thirumozhi of the eighth ten

 

'vadavarai ninRum vandhu inRu kaNapuram idavagai koLvadhu-yAm enRu pEAsinAL '

8-2-6 Periya ThiruMozhi.

 

"It is I from ThiruvEaNkaTAm who has descended from atop ThirumalA and settled

down here in ThriukkaNNapuram" are the divine words of parkAla nAyaki

That is typical of Kaliyan

 

anukAram in archAvathAram

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan