Andal wakes up devotees in various stages of Krishnanubhava (Verse 6 - 15).
Birds chirp scriptures. The conch removes impurities (Putana) and keeps the body from straying in the wrong direction (Shakatasura).
Singing the glories Krishna (Narada), and Keeping Hari always in mind (Prahlada), leads one to realise the Supreme.
Andal celebrates Krishna as the lord of Maya. Krishna, Narasimha or Vamana - his appearance on earth is always a mystery. Mayavi! In the ‘Damodara’ Leela, he allows himself to be bound by Yashoda to a mortar. Merciful Mayavi. Andal asserts that by merely reciting his name and thinking of him, sins accumulated over time will be burnt to dust.
O Padmanabha! Your color is of the dark nimbus cloud as you absorb the waters from the ocean. Don’t hold back your grace!
With lightning like your Sudarshana and thunder like your Panchajanya, shower copious rains uniformly - at consistent intervals for the prosperity of the entire earth.
The auspicious month of Margashira begins:
Gopasthree parivaeshtitho Vijayathaey Gopala Choodamani :
(detail from the painting ‘Kasthuri Tilakam’ - oil on canvas)
