13.
மறையவர் வேள்வியில்
வகுத்த அவி -
நரிபுகுந்து
கடப்பதும் மோப்பதுஞ் செய்வதொப்ப
In
Nacchiyar Thirumozhi 1-5, Andal expresses that her very existence is
only for the sake of Lord Krishna and any stray word that Andal's
existence is for someone else would not only be intolerable to her
but destroy her completely.
She
offers an example to such a damaging exercise:
"வானிடைவாழுமவ்வானவர்க்கு
மறையவர் வேள்வியில் வகுத்த
அவி கானிடைத் திரிவதோர்
நரிபுகுந்து கடப்பதும்
மோப்பதுஞ் செய்வதொப்ப"
"vAnidaivAzhumavvAnavarkku
maRaiyavar vELviyil vaguththa avi kAnidaith thirivadhOr NaripuguNdhu
kadappadhum mOppadhunY cheyvadhoppa"
The
Brahmins, who perform rituals prepare sacred offerings with much care
and devotion, intending to offer them to the gods worshipped by the
ritual. If that offering were to be only kicked about or smelt by a
fox from the forest though not consumed by it, the whole offering
would still have to go waste, as it cannot be used for any sacred
purpose. Likewise, Andal's existence is exclusively for the sake of
the Lord. A stray word spoken at some distant place by some fool
would be sufficient to destroy her. While superficially it may be
understood that Andal is in love with Krishna as much as He is with
her, and that any stray word would be unbearable to her, our divine
mother hides a very important concept of our tradition beneath these
words. Swami Pillailokacharya, out of sheer grace for dull heads like
us, shows us the underlying concept by using the same comparison in
Mumukshuppadi as
"தேவர்களுக்கு
சேஷமான புரோடாசத்தை நாய்க்கு
இடுமாபோலே ஈச்வரசேஷமான ஆத்ம
வஸ்துவை ஸம்ஸாரிகளுக்கு
சேஷமாக்குகை"
"dhEvargaLukku
chEshamAna purOdAchaththai NAykku idumApOlE IchvarachEshamAna Athma
vasthuvai samsArigaLukku chEshamAkkugai"
[
Expending the soul, which exists only for the sake of Lord
Srimannarayana, for the sake of materialists is like expending the
offering prepared for the gods on a dog. ]
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