Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Dear Swamins, Shri TCA Venkatesan has given an example of a worried father to take his child wherever the cure is. This example will not suit to Andal as she clearly expresses her conviction that "narayananE namakkE paRai tharuvaan". So she cannot be comapared to people with wandering mind due to agyaanam. And back end question is that why the pasurams sung in praise of kamadeva (anya devata) included in divya prabandams ? Regards, Nanmaaran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Dear bhAgavatas, I think there has been a misunderstanding of my example. I did not say that the father was "taking the child wherever the cure is" (which would then lead to the wrong inference that Andal did not know that Sriman Narayana is the only one who can answer her pleas). The example I chose was where parents would take the child to a person who they knew could not help, but nevertheless they had to try because the right doctor was not responding. Here, the agnyAnam is that they know it is the wrong solution, but still they give it a shot. Please note that Andal later on uses birds, flowers, clouds etc to try and reach Him. It is not that Andal does not know that He is the only upAyam - here too, adiyEn simply infers that she is willing to try anything. Regarding the other query, perhaps the more pertinent question would be: how could Andal's divine suktis be not part of the divyaprabandham? Particularly one in which she says "vengkadavaRku ennai vithi", "mAnidavark- kenRu pEccupadil vAzakilEn", "kesava nambiyaik kAl pidippAL". The phrase "include" gives the impression that there was a choice in front of Sriman Nathamunigal on what to include in the compilation of the prabandhams. From what I have read about his vaibhavam, he was given the 4000 verses by Swami Nammazhvar and he collected them and set them into the order we see today. If that is the case, then it is Nammazhvar's thiruvuLLam and there is no need for us to question its presence. We can of course look to acharyas for their interpretations on the significance of the pasuram and its meanings. apacArAnimAn sarvAn kshamasva purushottama. adiyEn TCA Venkatesan --- Nanmaaran <nanmaaran wrote: > Dear Swamins, > Shri TCA Venkatesan has given an example of a worried > father to take his child wherever the cure is. This > example will not suit to Andal as she clearly expresses > her conviction that "narayananE namakkE paRai tharuvaan". > So she cannot be comapared to people with wandering mind > due to agyaanam. > And back end question is that why the pasurams sung in > praise of kamadeva (anya devata) included in divya > prabandams ? > > Regards, > > Nanmaaran > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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