Sri ANDAL
To follow or not
to follow?
The extreme passion of Sri ANDAL,
our beloved kOdhai nAchiyAr, made her restless. As pointed out by Sri Pillai
lOkAchAryas, Azvar-s are immersed in the ocean of auspicious qualities of
EmperumAn and submerged in the ocean of love towards Him. The longing for Him,
the immediate requirment to have His divine vision divert their otherwise
orthodox procedures to deviate into rather different and unheard of terrain.
All this is due to this immense
devotion and engulfing love and passion which is termed as Sri PiLLai lOkAchAryA
as
'bakthi
pAravyasathAlEa AzvArgaL ' Sri vachana BHUshaNam
43;
This no doubt moots them into
wierd acts of appraching other deities -dheivangAL en
seigEan?- threat of publicising EmperumAn's so called betrayal -madal eduthal and
sending emissaries -dhUthu vidal.
Such of these activities which
spring out from love -premam is observed during
AzvArs- transforming themselves into the mindset of females -thalaivi-s ( PrEmathil PeN pEachu -AchArya Hrdhyam ) GOdhA being a
female Herself had this natural advantage and therefore it is aptly concluded
that thiruppAvai and its innate sense of such emotions come naturally for femine
mindsets
"mulai
ezhundhAr padi"-avathArikai of ThiruppAvai.
Souls like us, declares Sri
PiLLai lOkAchAryAr - and due to naichiyam he includes himself -are bereft fo
knowledge -'agnAnathAlE prapannar asmathAdigaL' Sri vachana
bhUshaNam 43;
AchAryAs are epitome of knowledge
and strictly go by such knowledge in a linear manner and therefore they are
termed as
'gnAnAdikyathAlEa AchAryargaL' -Sri vachana bhUshaNam
43;and AzvAr-s as seen earlier are overpowered by yearning and love towards
EmperumAn and the knowledge about Him -like He will come and rescue and we have
to wait for His call- are eclipsed by towering affection unto Him.
The first Thirumozhi in nAchiyAr
thirumozhi calls upon another dEvathA to get Her to the Lord
Almighty.
The clamour for EmperumAn makes Her
send the clouds to ThiruvEnkatamudaiyAn seeking Him.
The lakshmaN rEkhA is pierced when
ANDAL crosses the line and appeals for putting her in midnight at Sri
NandaGopan's doorsteps.
'Nandha gOpAlan
kadaith thalaikkEa naLLirutkaN ennai vuithidumin' NAchiyAr thirumozhi
12-3;
Last but not the least She demands
from EmperumAn Himself that He appear to Her in person and reply to Her queries
seeing Her couneteance.
"meimmai solli mugam
nOAkki vidai thAn tharumEal miga nanREA' 13-9;
Sri ANDAl being the visual concept
of extreme such passions and AndAL is aptly described as 'pinjAi pazhuthAL' by none othe than Sri mAmunikaL in his
upadEsa rethinamAlai.
The oft repeated question
" AzvAr-s have detoured into these unimaginable terrtory of threatening Him
with madal, approaching other deities, sending emissaries and queistioning His
actions/inactions and so why cant we ? We
should and can follow her footsteps? is a frequently asked question, questioning
the basic tenets of our philosophy.
AzvAr-s and ANDAL are in an
entirely different platform, in a separate elevated level in platonic degree of
love and affection emerging from His blessings. Their lack of knowledge has been
comprehesively obliterated by His blessings - mayrvu aRA
mathi nalam aruLinan -
and this knowledge is then
overpowered by overwhelming passions.
We neither possess such knowledge
(gnAnAdhikyam) and such bakthi (bakthi pAravasyam)
Therefore, it is comprehensively
illogical to compare ourselves to those who are in an exalted state and in
entirely a different league altogether.
Is it not?
dasan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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