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
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