ANdAL & AzhvArs-Special case

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Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear bhAgavathAs,

Humble pranams to all. All the articles on this topic were

informative and thought provoking and I would like to share some more

views so that I can get corrected if the views are corruptive.

PS:I have no choice except using the letter "I" as I haven't

undergone samAShrayaNam officially. So please read those words in

that light.

 

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Sri TA Varadhan writes:

 

In rAmAyaNA, the people of ayOdhyA knew of noone

but the Lord rAma. Even they approached all the

dEVathAs *for the welfare of the Lord* {sarvAn

dEVAn namasyanthi rAmasyArththE!}.

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This is true and can be said the same thing about KrShNAvathAram.

People of Ayarppadi knew only KrShNa. One example is KuchEla/sudhAma.

Instead of going to KubEra,the Lord of wealth, sudhAma goes to KrShNa

and without he asking the Lord,the Lord eardicates his poverty. If

for material benefits itself sudhAma goes to KrShNa,then what can one

say about mOksha or the Ultimate union with the Lord.

 

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Sri TCA Venkatesan writes:

 

So, in the case of Andal, I'd venture that She was

desperate to be with Him and had expressed her desire

to both her father Periyazhvar as well as the Lord

Himself. Yet, neither of them have responded to her in

a fashion that would assure her she would get what she

seeks. He has not shown Himself to her (we have plenty

of evidence for this throughout Nacciyar Thirumozhi)

and Periyazhvar tried to get her maried off to another

mortal, so much so she had to threaten "mAnidavarkkenRu

pEccuppadil vAzhakillEn". So, what is she to do? She

is willing to go to anyone and ask that they take her

to Him - even if she truly knows that only He can take

her to Himself. Therefore, she picks on this uncommon

ritual of worshipping Kamadeva willing to give it a

shot.

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Father PeriAzhvAr realises(after the galand incidence) that ANdAL

must be one among the three consorts of the Lord and he names

her "ANdAL" and "cUdikkoduththa nAcciyAr". How can PeriAzhvAr(after

this episode) think of getting his daughter married to some "mortal"

person?

 

All these do not come under general category. ANdAL is surely not

ignorant in the usual sense(Britannica does not account for such

categories).

 

Sri Vacana BhUShaNam : 90-93

SVB 90: "ananyOpAyathvamum ananyOpEyathvamum ananyadhaivathvamum

kulaiyum padiyAna pravrththi kANA ninROmiRE".

 

All these three types of transgressions are observed in AzhvAr's

pAsurams. We have to remember that it is the Lord Himself who

imparted the Divine knowledge to them which in turn thrusts their

profound and boundless love for Him. Many pAsurams can be quoted for

these transgressions but they do all these out of their excessive

love for Him and they were in a state of mental imbalance when they

(nay the Lord) composed those pAsurams. It doesn't come under the

general category of ignorance as we common people undergo. The

omniscient Lord will understand their transgressions as different

facets of God-love,seeking quick union with Him and as impatient in

the intervening period again due to their insatitate longing for Him.

 

Let us take the example of KUraththAzhvAn. When he was in a hurry to

receive "andhamil pErinbam",he asked NamperumAL and NamperumAL also

granted. The Lord could have done the same thing wrt ANdAL and

AzhvArs but we would not have had a Universal law(NDP),that is not

shared by Samkrt vEda(it neglects some special cases). In the case of

KuraththAzhvAn it is AcArya bhakti. When EmperumAnAr asks

KUraththAzhvAn why the latter wanted to go earlier than the

former,pat comes the reply:" If I leave after you leave then you will

have to receive the me and it is not right and it should be the other

way round;So I want to go earlier so that I(sishya) can receive you

(AcArya)even in VaikuNTam"

 

NDP is Tamil Veda(means knowledge)and hence it can't reflect aj~nAnam.

It only reflects His grace throughout. When VadaperumkOiludaiyAn

appeared in father's dream and says that He wants only the garland

that is adorned by his daughter,He could have as well told the father

that He would marry his daughter right away. But He didn't. Why? Time

had not come. Otherwise there wouldn't have been TiruppAvai and

NAcciyAr Tirumozhi(and we poor souls would have beeen doomed forever)!

PS:ANdAL in her NAcciyAr Tirumozhi 1-1,8, addresses kAmadEva as her

master/PerumAn and request bhAgavathAs to share their views on this

wrt Sri Ramani Naidu's explanation on the same.

 

One Example:When HiraNyakashipu was doing atrocities,all devAs went

to Shiva and Shiva sent them to Brahma saying that it was BrahmA who

gave the boons and hence he only could find a solution. Shiva didn't

realise that the solution is only in the hands of NArAyaNa. When

devas went to brahma,brahma says only NArAyaNa can solve this

problem! All demi-gods grant boons to their whims and fancies and

it's finally Sriman NArAyaNa who has to resolve everything.

 

In general case,we may worship any Deity but when His grace falls on

us we have no other go(whether we like it or not!) except turn

ourselves towards Him and worship Him(maRandhum puRan thozhA mAndhar)

and we become mumukushus. Paying respects and worshipping are two

different things. BTW what is life and what is the purpose of life?

Other religions do not address this issue. The purpose is to get

liberated from this samsAric ocean. Only Sriman NArAyaNa, and not

lesser deities, has the power to grant it.

 

Please pardon all errors

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam

NC Nappinnai