Andal shares her grief with the Flowers, Koels, Peacocks, Rain and the Ocean
Like her father’s praise in the Periyazhvar Thirumozhi of the different flowers adorned by the Lord, Andal too praises the flowers. But she addresses them with sorrow. Through the verses, she follows the praise of the flowers with an expression of disappointment at not being able to meet with her beloved.
Starting off with the Dark Kodal flowers that she compares with her dark hued Lord, she continuously makes enquiries about her Lord. She wants the Kantal flowers to take her to the Lord. Else she will be left alone in the company of the dead and consigned to the place where He is not remembered!!!!
மேல்தோன்றியபூக்காள்மேலுலகங்களின்மீதுபோய்
மேல்தோன்றும்சோதிவேதமுதல்வர்வலங்கையில்
மேல் தோன்றும்ஆழியின்வெஞ்சுடர்போலச்சுடாதுஎம்மை
மாற்றொலைபட்டவர்கூட்டத்துவைத்துக்கொள்கிற்றிரே
TWO TONGUED!!!
She compares the Kovai flowers and the red berries to the red lips of her Lord. She says that she feels dreaded of the Lord’s red lips and of the shame that she has shed!!! She complains that since the time of her birth, her Lord seems to have become two tongued referring to him not reaching out to her despite promising to take care of the sincere prayers of the devotees.
கோவைமணாட்டி நீஉன்கொழந்க்கனிகொண்டுஎம்மை
ஆவிதொலைவியேல்வாயழகர்தம்மைஅஞ்சுதும்
பாவியேன்தோன்றிபாம்பணையார்க்கும்தம்பாம்புபோல்
நாவுமிரண்டுளவாய்த்துநாணிலியேனுக்கே
The Mullai flowers she says are ones with a beautiful white smile. She tells them that if his promises are not being fulfilled and turning out to be false, then even her birth in this world may be considered a fictitious one ‘I too was never born in this world’!!!!
சொல்லும்பொய்யானால்நானும்பிறந்தமைபொய்யன்றே
Positive with the Koels
With the koels, she turns a little positive. While she currently finds their songs dull and gloomy given her mind set, she promises them that if the Lord comes back to her on his Garuda Vahana, the two of them can sit at this same place and sing happy soul stirring songs.
ஆடும்கருளக்கொடியுடையார்வந்துஅருள்செய்து
கூடுவராயிடில்கூவிநும்பாட்டுக்கள்கேட்டுமே
I am a Pauper now without the Lord
Addressing the Peacocks she praises them as beautiful dancers with appealing feathers and finds their steps to be quite graceful. While she is in such tearful state missing him, he is happily reclining and relaxing on the Serpent hood. Further appreciating their dance, she says she has nothing to offer them for their beautiful performance as the Lord has looted everything from her and left her a pauper. And then she provides a beautiful comparison of her current state.
குடமாடுகூத்தன்கோவிந்தன்கோமிறைசெய்துஎம்மை
உடைமாடுகொண்டான்உங்களுக்குஇனியொன்றுபோதுமே
MELTED (IN LOVE) LIKE A WAX
She has become empty just like a metal caster casing his model with clay and melting out the wax inside. Her beloved has melted her life by entering her mind and heart and she is feeling like a wax inside an earthen mould.
Addressing the dark rain cloud, she asks if she will pour all over her and cast the Lord’s image in her heart for ever.
மழையேமழையேமண்புறம்பூசிஉள்ளாய்நின்று
மெழுகூற்றினாற்போலூற்றுநல்வேங்கடுதுள்நின்ற
அழகர்பிரான்தம்மையென்னெஞ்சத்தகப்பட
தழுவிநின்றுஎன்னைததைத்துக்கொண்டுஊற்றவும் வல்லையே
She then turns her attention to the ocean and explains that the Lord has taken over her completely similar to how he churned the ocean and took out the nectar. She wants the ocean to communicate her love and her current state of life of sorrow to the Lord as he is her only solace in life.
உடலுள்புகுந்துநின்றுஊறலறுக்கின்றமாயற்கு
என்நடலைகளெல்லாம்நாகணைக்கேசென்றுரைத்தியே