In reading Sri Andal's vaibhavam one comes across the following. When she became enamored with the Lord and was suffering because she was unable to reach Him, she identified herself completely with the yadava girls who also suffered in a similar fashion from their separation with Sri Krishna. Thiruppavai is thus her outpouring while thinking like a idaippeN (yadava girl). Our acharyas have expressed thier amazement that even though Andal grew up in a Srivaishnava family as Periyazhvar's daughter, she does not once speak of Brahmin behaviour such as performing rituals and hOmams and instead talks of cows, buffaloes, hens, etc.; and that she even knew about things such as "erumai siRuveedu mEyvAn paranthanakAN". This goes to show that she had fully assumed the qualities of the yadava girls and shed her brahmin identity. This might explain why she did not talk about things such as Ekadasi which is of importance in a brahmin household but not else- where (please correct me if adiyEn is wrong in this statement). Also, she was at an age when she was likely to talk about nOnpu's (such as pAvai nOnpu, kAman nOnpu) and games such as koodalazhaiththal, rather than about rituals. This is seen in Thiruppavai as well as in Nacciyar Thirumozhi. To answer the second question, one has to again read Andal's vaibhavam. She was enamored with Him completely and in particular Vadabathrasayi in Srivilliputhoor and considered herself His bride. Hence she would wear garlands meant for Him first. This was also the time when she identified herself with the yadava girls (upon the advise of the elders). In Thiruppavai she was writing mainly about the vibhavataram of Sri Krishna (and also about other vibhavatarams such as Sri Rama and Sri Vamana). But, she does not write about any archavatarams. In Nacciyar Thirumozhi, she does mention Thirumal- iruncolai Azhagar and Sri Ranganathar. But she does not indicate that she thought herself as the bride of Sri Ranganathar. In her vaibhavam it is said that once she made it clear to Periyazhar that she would marry none but Him ("mAnidvarak- kenRu pEccuppadil vAzhakillEn"), he described to her the kalyANa guNams and perumai of the 108 divyadEsap perumAL's and that is when she selected Sri Ranganathar as her groom. Thus, she did not write about any archavatarams in Thiruppavai including Sri Ranganathar. If there are any errors in the statements above, adiyEn begs the forgiveness of everyone. madhurakavi dAsan TCA Venkatesan
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