Thirupaavai : Andal Devi's Fifth Pasuram : Mysterious Krishna, The Lord of Mathura, Our Saviour...
Today is the fifth day of the divine month of Marghazhi and Andal Devi is fully immersed in singing praises to Lord Krishna.
I was amazed by the diversity of her thoughts in the fifth paasuram. On the one hand she describes Lord Krishna as Maayan, the mysterious, who ruled over Mathura and on the other she elucidates his playful pranks on the river Yamuna as a member of the cowherd clan. She also depicts his dual role as the light in Yashoda's life and as a prankster whom she punished by tying him with a rope due to which he is known as Damodar, the one with a mark on his body.
The highlight however is her words of wisdom which guide us to think of Lord Krishna either by offering flowers or chanting his glories and meditating on him with an assurance that He would exonerate us of any sin which we may have committed knowingly or unknowingly.
In short, all our obstacles will be burnt to ashes and we will achieve salvation thanks to His Divine grace.
The expanse of Saint poet Andal's thought in the fifth pasuram is mind blowing. Based in Srivilliputtur, a remote town near Madurai in Tamilnadu her verse extends to far North in Mathura revealing the mystique of a Bhakta. So even as she describes Lord Krishna as mysterious we realise that Andal Devi was no less than an enigma.
Listen to her fifth pasuram if possible on the link https://www.jiosaavn.com/lyrics/maayanai-nithyasree-mahadevan-lyrics/PSkidEMFeQM
"Māyanai mannu vaḍa , Madurai maindanai |
Tūya perunīr , yamunai turaivanai |
āyar kulattinil , tōndrum aṇi-viḷakkai |
Tāyai kuḍal viḷakkam, cheyda dāmodaranai |
Tūyōmāy vandu nām, Tūmalar tūvit tozhudu |
Vāyināl pāḍi, manattināl chindikka |
Pōya pizhaiyum puhudaruvān ninndranavum |
Tīyinil tūśāhum, cheppēlōr empāvāy || "
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