ANDAL'S ENVY -CONCH'S
PRIDE
Sri sadagopan Iyengar's posting on the bamboo
instrument was thought provoking. He had queried whether we had read or seen the
Lord playing any other instrument. The flute has the privilege of being near the
Lord, near His lips. However, despite all its credentials, it does not enjoy the
place of the conch. Why so? The Lord's conch, namely pAnchajanyam, also has the
privilege of being with the Lord, adorning His broad shoulders and tasting His
mouth. It is a weapon and does not produce magnifying music and the
consequential effect of the flute. It definitely does not have a magical impact
on the living or non-living things when related to the Lord's flute. It does not
make living things to become like non-living things-ezhudhu chithiram pOle
ninRanavE- or make the seemingly non-living burst into life i.e. behave like
living things-marangaL ninRu madhu dhAraigaL pAyum.Then, how can we
conclude that It is better placed as compared to the flute ?
First, let us see what AzhwAr mentions about the
conch. It is said that when Lord krishNA put His mouth unto the conch at the
outset of the kurukshEthrA war, and the warriors were terrorised
mercilessly, as a stentorian effect. This is clearly spelt out in thiru
voi mozhip pAsuram :
"vari vaLaiyAl kuRaivillA - peru
muzhakkAl adangArai, eri azhal ampuga vUdhi..." thiru
voi mozhi 4-8-8.
vari vaLai- the conch with lines on
it.
kuRaivillA peru muzhakkAl = With substantial big
sound;
peru muzhakku = The great sound emanating from the
pAnchajanyam. The maha-dhwani of the pAnchajanyam.
peru muzhakkAl- adangArai eri azhalam puga vUdhii=
The opponents were pierced with scorching sound of the conch which entered the
hearts and petrified them.
The point here is that, the noise from the conch
terrorises the opponents.
sri AndAL has also voiced the same view in
thiruppAvai:
" valam puri pOle ninRadhirndhu"
thiruppAvai 4 and in
27th pAsuram " gnAlathai ellAm nadunga
muralvana" the opponents in the universe are shocked with awe and
fear.
periAzhwAr also has mentioned this in
periAzhwAr thiru mozhi 3-3-5
"paRRAr nadunga mun pAnchajanyathai vAi
vaitha, pOr ErErE..."
For the sake of pAndavAs Lord krishNA
used the conch to create the big bang noise which terrorised the duryOdhanA and
his warriors with alarm and great fear.
The conch- pAnchajanyam is seen as a
weapon in the Lord's hands and instills enormous fear psychosis the minds of the
opponents.
is that all?
( to be
continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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