Jai Sriman Narayana !!
As the
years passed by, Periyalwar continued to serve Lord Vatapatrasayee with fresh flower
garlands every day. As usual, one day Periyalwar kept ready fresh
garlands for Vatapatrasayee and rushed to attend his chore. Andal
furtively hurried to the place where her father kept the fresh flower garland
and took it in her hand. She stood dreamingly before the mirror and wore
the garland around her neck. She imagined herself marrying to Lord
Vatapatrasayee and kept the garland back on its place. Periyalwar naively
took the garland and went to temple. He handed over the garlands to the
temple priest. The temple priest inspected the garland and called
back Periyalwar ‘ Your garland is not fresh today, there is a long hair
entwine with this. So please take it back.’ Periyalwar shocked to
hear this. His face reddened with anger, he came rushing to home.
There he found his lovely girl anxiously waiting to see his father back.
Thus, Andal has another name too ' soodikodutha Sudar Kodi'. She
was waiting to hear from her father that the garland she had already worn by
her was accepted by Lord as a sign of acceptance to the marriage between
them. She was fully engrossed with the thoughts of Lord; she
envisioned her marriage with Lord Vatapatrasayee.
All of a
sudden, there appeared Periyalwar in a rage questioned her in harsh words
and yelled at her. Abruptly, Periyalwar went to take bath, moved to
collect fresh flowers from the garden and started to construct garland all over
again.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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