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