wave of love 6

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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In this 'kEttadhanaal vandha kaadhal' episode of rukmiNi, she is not in isolation as we have already seen. AaNdaaL is also giving company to rukmiNi – in its real sense - as a 'sapathni' – 'cowife' of sreeman naaraayaNan, krishNan or ranganaathan, - name does not matter as long as it is that one and only supreme lord.

 

From "vaNNa maadangaL" 1-1-1 to10 to "naavalam theevil" 3-6-1 to 11, periyaazhvaar or father vishNu chiththa was describing krishNa's baala leelaas to aaNdaaL and through that version to us as aazhvaar's 'piLLaith thamizh' on kaNNan krishNan].

 

In 3-7-1 to 10, father vishNu chiththa is really expressing his feelings about or on his daughter – aiya puzhuthi padhikam - being influenced by his own words. In next padhikam he starts weeping since by that time the girl has already reached her lord in marriage. So he sings 'oru magaL thannai udaiyEn senkaN maal thaan koNdu pOnaan' in 3-8-4.

 

But how can we conclude it is because of aaNdaaL heard from father and got carried –kEttadhanaal thaan kaadhal vandhadhu - that comes out in usage of father's words in daughter's verses.

 

Evidence A.

'VeNmaNal koNdu siRRilum muRRaththu izhakkaluRil' – is 3-7-3 of father

 

The same veN maNal and siRRil and muRRam reflects in naachchiyaar 1-2 and 2-5 and 2-9

VeLLai nuN maNl koNdu theru – 1-2

veLLai nuN maNal koNdu siRRil – 2-5

muRRaththu oodu pugundhu – 2-9

 

evidence B.

vaayiR pallum ezhundhila mayirum mudi koodiRRila – 3-7-2

kongai innum kuvindhu ezhundhila 3-7-3 of dad

 

muRRilaadha piLLaigaLOm mulai pOndhuilaadhOm – 2-6 of ward

 

evidence C.

dhEvi arasaaNiyai vazhipattu thumilam ezhap paRai koTTith thOraNam naaTTidum kolO – 3-7-2 – father and guide

 

in daughter's words – that influence -

maNamaali andhari sooTTa – 6-3

puram engum thOraNam naaTTa 6-1

maththaLam kotta vari sangam ninRu ootha 6-6

 

[but some body may ask 'in padhikam 1 of Naachchiyaar thirumozhi aaNdaaL claims – 'en thada mulaigaL' in 1-4, 1-5, 1-7 – why sir such a claim? So, by that, she is matured and father's claim is not correct.

 

Actually this means – when the kaadhal mayakkam has come in an young age – it is but natural for that girl to think she is so matured – ready for marriage – etc.

 

If readers have observed the fancy dress competitions of small children, when they are dressed like gOpees or grown up ladies, they do that pulling of 'mundhaanai' to cover their chest, and pull the head cover portion of saree to half cover the face like a married lady - even without being told to do so by their mothers. How they do that act? The answer is - the children's observation of their mothers doing that in front of others.

 

Same kind of claim by aanDaal here – when father says to the contrary, girl says something but corrects herself in second padhikam.

 

But later aaNdaaL continues in that matured tone only. May be by that time she is matured physically also.

For that also we have evidence in --

'maruththuvap padham neenginaaL ennum vaarththaip paduvadhan munnam' in 3-7-10 says father.

In 3-8-3 he says 'kumari maNam seidhu

– may be in father's views daughter is not yet matured or ready for marriage, but daughter is already in deep love and so ready for the union with her lover

– again all these because of that 'kEttadhanaal vandha kaadhal'.

 

Or it can be that really the time factor is hidden in these verses?

dhasan Vasudevan MG