ANDAL'S ENVY CONCH'S PRIDE -3
In the previous postings, it was seen that the
pAnchajanyam is fiery to the opponents which was seen from thriu voi
mozhip pAsuram and its so dear to His devotees which was seen from nAchiAr thiru
mozhip pAsuram.
Thirumangai AzhwAr has clearly combined these both
aspects and spelt out in the sixth ten of thiru mozhi:
"pandhAr viralAl pAnjAli kUndhal
mudikka bhAradhathuk
kanhAr kaLiRRuk kazhal mannar mALach
changam vAi vaithAn..." 6-7-8 peirya thiru mozhi.
For the sake of pAnjAli Lord krishNa connected His
divine mouth to the conch to decimate the opponent kings.Here, thus it is seen
that devotees wish and removal of hurdles are sought to be done.
The conch is thus being remembered time and again
by AzhwAr's and AndAL is no exception.
She mentions in nAchiAr thiru mozhi
5-2
"veLLai viLi sangu idang kayil
koNda
vimalan enakku vuruk kAttAn..."
Here,AndaL describes her agony due to
separation from the Lord. She mentions in this
pAsuram
The LOrd with the white calling conch
does not show Himself.
AndAL does not just want the vision of the Lord,
but the vision of the Lord with the divine conch.This is because she considers
the conch as a divine ornament. It was seen earlier the conch terrorises with
the sound. How come it is an ornament? For the devotees it is an ornament. It
fits in well in His left hand.She picutures Him with the pAnchajanyam and looks
for His arrival.
In the first thiru varangam pAsuram
"thAm vugakkum tham
kayil,
sangamE pOlAvO!.yAm
vugakkum en kayil
sangamum EndhiyaiEr.."
nAchiAr thiru mozhi 11-1
Here, AndAL requests for the ornament of the Lord.
Due to the separation AndAL mentins that the vaLai in her hand is gone. The
separation is due to the Lord and AndAL's ornamnet is gone due to Lord's
action/inaction. Hence, it is His duty to replace it with His ornament namely
the pAnchajanyam. the Lord does not show Himself and hence AndAL feels that He
not only takes away the ornament of AndAL but also does not desire to part with
His ornament. She asks " is it fair to take away ones belongings and also to
refuse to reciprocate with replacement?" the idea here is to have vision of the
Lord with the divine conch. She desires to see the Lord with the conch.-yAm
vugakkum en kayil sangamum EndhiyaiEr.
In the above pAsuram-s glimpses of AndaL's desire
for the Lord with the conch is explicitly said.
Is that all?
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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