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 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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