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Andal Megha Sandhesham

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Taking her message to the Lord through the Clouds
First it was the Cuckoo, then the Conch and Now its the Beautiful Dark Clouds

Having earlier addressed the Cuckoo seeking help to attain her beloved and then praising the special position of the Conch and making enquiries with him about the Lord, Andal now engages with the cloud. Through the Nachiyar Thirumozhi verses, Andal showcases the different modes of communication adopted in those days to reach the Lord.


She enquires if the Lord accompanies the dark cloud that spreads the entire sky like a canopy. With her breasts swollen out of anxiety she poses a question to the clouds if the Lord finds pleasure in destroying a lady’s beautiful personality. While the dark clouds are bringing in streams of water at Venkatam, tears of sorrow are rolling down her cheeks one to her bosom. She asks if seeing his beloved in such a sorrowful state will bring him any fame!!!

விண்ணீலமேலாப்புவிரித்தார்போல்மேகங்கள்
தெண்ணீர்பாய்வேங்கடத்துஎன்திருமாலும்போந்தானே
கண்ணீர்கள்முலைக்குவட்டில்துளிசோரச்சோர்வேனை
பெண்ணீர்மையீடழிக்கும்இதுதமக்குஓர்பெருமையே

Cool Breeze of the night impacting her
Praising the clouds as raining precious pearls, she enquires on the latest news about her beloved and his well being. She is waiting for the cool breeze of the night to come and give her some comfort. And then the fever of love has beseeched her entire body and through the night the cool breeze is adding to the vigour of the flame that has been lit by the oil. However, she stands waiting for him unmindful of this torrid chilly state looking for solace in him.

Losing her physical features
Andal provides insights into how women can lose their personality as a result of the unresponsive attitude of their beloved.

She has been missing the Lord so much that she informs the clouds that she has lost her lustre, colour, bangles, senses and ever her sleep. Her longing for the Lord and the absence of communication from him have all of a sudden taken away her beautiful personality. The grief caused by the Lord has resulted in a lot of her physical assets deserting her one by one.

Her special features in her body, bangles, bracelets and her peace have all gone. She asks the clouds if she can hold on to her soul singing his praise for a little while longer and if the clouds will share her current state with the Lord and help them unite.

She wants to know from the beautiful rain bearing clouds as to how much longer will she have to keep up her high flying spirits that seem to be slowly fading.

ஒளிவண்ணம்வளைசிந்தைஉறக்கத்தோடுஇவையெல்லாம்
எளிமையால்இட்டுஎன்னைஈடழியப்போயினவால்
குளிரருவிவேங்கடத்துஎன்கோவிந்தன்குணம்பாடி
அளியாத்தமேகங்காள்ஆவிகாத்திருப்பேனே

Praising her beloved as one whose chest is resplendent with the presence of Sri, Andal directs the clouds to inform her Lord that her breasts are waiting for his embrace.

Heavy Rains as a communication message
Andal directs the dark clouds to hover over Venkatam and share this message with her Lord. And then getting a little angry and a bit frustrated, she wants to use the rain as a communication tool to pass on the message of her anxiety. She asks the clouds to gather dark over Venkatam and pour in buckets there so the Lord understands her woes.

What about my bangles that he took
Praising the clouds as one congregating in big waves and rising high in the sky and then resulting in torrential downpour, she wants the beautiful dark clouds to ask her beloved if he will return the bangles that he took away from her (like she did with the cuckoos). The remaining bangles are sliding down as the hands have become thinner. With the sadness that has been gripping her of late. And the only reason she has managed to survive is because of the fact the she continues to recite his names.

வான்கொண்டுகிளர்ந்தெழுந்தமாமுகில்காள்வேங்கடத்துத்
தேன்கொண்டமலர்சிதறச்  திரண்டேறிப்போழிவீர்காள்
ஊன்கொண்டவள்ளுகிரால்இரணியனைஉடலிடந்தான்
தான்கொண்டசரிவளைகள்தருமாகில்சாற்றுமினே

She compares her current dry status to the wood apple that has been dried by fruit flies hovering over them. Praising the cloud as covering the entire landscape of sky, she requests the clouds to share her current deplorable state of ailing with her Lord.

உலங்க்குண்ட விளங்கனி போல் உல்மெலியைப் புகுந்து என்னை 
நலங் கொண்ட நாரணற்க்கு என் நடலை நோய் செப்புமினே 

Seeking the Lord’s Love
She wants the clouds to share her desire to achieve complete surrender at the Lord’s feet. And she is seeking union with him just for a day so his loving embrace will erase the saffron smeared on her breasts. She wants the clouds to communicate to the Lord that her breasts are still young and yearning for his loving embrace.

சங்கமாகடல்கடைந்தான்தண்முகில்காள்வேங்கடத்து
செங்கண்மால்சேவடிச்கீழ்அடிவீழ்ச்சிவிண்ணப்பம்
கொங்கைமேல்குங்குமத்தின்குழம்பழியப்புகுந்துஒருநாள்
தங்குமேல்என்னாவிதங்குமென்றுஉரையீரே

Spring Goes, Monsoon Arrives
And then months pass. It is now monsoon time. Referring to the clouds as dark monsoon clouds, she says that her hopes have fallen apart in recent times like a withered leaves that fall to the ground following a heavy rain. Similar to the falling leaves of Erukku plant that are lying scattered in dust on the ground, Andal shares her sadness with the clouds saying that her hopes too are fading and that her body has drooped in recent times due to the tiredness of waiting for his arrival. She asks the clouds if there is any hope for her at all.

கார்காலத்தெழகின்றகார்முகில்காள்வேங்கடத்து
போர்காலத்தெழுந்தருளிப்போருந்தவனார்பேர்சொல்லி
நீர்காலத்தெருக்கில்அம்பழவிலைபோல்வீழ்வேனை
வார்காலத்துஒருநாள்தம்வாசகம்தந்தருளாரே

With the monsoon having arrived, Andal now compares the magnitude of the clouds to a huge mad elephant that is roaring and raging in anger. Hitting out angrily at the Lord, she threatens him that the world will lose the reverence for him if he continues his current attitude. He had promised refuge to his true devotees but has failed to keep his word. He will be seen as the one responsible for her death arising out of misery of not being able to attain him.

What happens to Devotees' belief in Him
She shares her lonely feeling with the clouds stating that she seeks refuge only in him. And how then can he let her down. The blame that he deserted a loving girl will ever be cast on him by the people of this world. Despite her sincere meditation, she has not heard from him. She has not received even a word of solace. His message that he offers protection may be deemed as untrue in the future, if she commits suicide. And that will bring him a bad name from his devotees across the world.

மதயானைபோலெழுந்தமாமுகில்காள்வேங்கடத்தைப்
பதியாகவாழ்வீர்காள்பாம்பணையான்வார்த்தைஎன்னே
கதியென்றும்தானாவான்கருதாதுஓர்பெண்கொடியை
வதைசெய்தானென்னும்சொல்வையகத்தார்மதியாரே


In several of these verses in NT, Andal showcases the different approaches that can be adopted to reach out to the Lord and instils confidence in us that even birds and clouds can be addressed to communicate our messages to the Lord provided we have true devotion. 

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