Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe
ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara
Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-24
(contd) (egazhindAi eruvariyum veeya) Two asuras madhu and
kaitapa stole the Vedas from brahma and hindered in his duty of creation. Under the request of brahma emperuman
killed the asuras and got back the Vedas to brahma. During the bhAratha yuddha Oh! Lord you
witnessed the killing of all the bad kings. [?kola mAkkOl kolai seidhu
bharathapOr ellAch Senaiyum, eru nilaththaviththa endhai?]
Further azhvar shows to what all extend emperuman goes for the sake
of his dear devotees. (pugazhindAi sinappOr suvEdhanai) Arjuna is a great warrior. Instigated by anger he was capable to
fight a very tough war. Emperuman
praised arjuna for his strength to fight.
Though arjuna was instructed by narada and other rishis time and again
that Krishna was none other than the supreme lord arjuna still called Krishna as
?hey! Krishna hey! YAdhava?, without even thinking about the lord?s greatness
and supremacy. But emperuman didn?t
care about all these he kept on praising arjuna as ?paranthapa? (one who fires
his enemies) ?anaka:? (one who is free from sins)
etc. Oh! My lord you are ?stavya:? (one to be praised),
?OdhuvAr OththellAm evulagaththevvulagum sAdhuvAi ninpugazin thagaiyallAl
piridillai? how amazing it is to see you praising someone
else! (sinappOr suvEdhanai) A great warrior arjuna. He has a
number of names among which suvEdhan is one. (?arjuna: palguna: pArtha: kireetee
svEthavAhana: I bheethatsur vijaya:
krushnas savyasAsee dananjaya: II) The name svEthavAhana: ?one who rides a
chariot run by white horses. [?vellai puravi kurukku velkodi tErmisai munpu
nindru? says periazhvar] Here thirumazhisai piran instead of svEthavAhana: says
the name in short as ?suvEdhanai? indicating only to
arjuna. (sEnApadhiyAi) Though it seems to all that emperuman in
the bharatha yuddha only took the position of arjuna?s charioteer,
pArtha-sArathi still he was the only governing force of the whole army of the
pandavas that made them win the war.
That is why sanjaya declared to drutharAstra as
follows: ?yathra yOgeeswara Krishna: yathra pArthO danurdhara:
tatra sri vijayO bhoothir druvA nidir madir mama? pAndavas are praised as
?krishnAsraya: krishnabala: krishnanAdAscha pAndava:? So there is nothing wrong
to say that Parthasarathi was the leader of the pandava
army. Why did emperuman praise arjuna and make him fight the war?
(manappOr
mudikkum vagai) It was parthasarathi?s wish to get rid of adharma and establish
dharma and hence the war had to happen. Moreover emperuman had a debt towards
drowpathi, ?govindhEthi
yathA krAndath krishnA mAm dooravAsinam I ruNam pravruththamiva mE hrudhayAn
nAbhasarpathi II? While being
insulted in the court of the gauravas, drowpathi screemed for help the
thirunAmam of emperuman ?govinda?.
At that time Krishna was in a very far of place and hence couldn?t rush
to the site. That remained as a
great block in emperuman?s mind till he returned back to paramapadam. Only for the sake of drowpathi did
emperuman make the bharatha yuddha happen to see drowpathi tie her untied hair
and also make her happy by crowning dharmaputra to the
throne. (manappOr
mudikkum vagai suvEdhanai pugazindhAi) ?mayaivaithE nihithA: poorvamEva
nimiththamAthram bhava savyasAsin? declares parthasarathi himself. (Oh! Arjuna
you are capable of leaving arrows with your left hand, I have already killed
these gauravas just by my thought (sankalpam). Whatever you are asked to do now is just
for eyewash so that you get the name.)
So emperuman who is capable of getting rid of his enemies just by thought
went to the extend of praising a jeevatma, arjuna as if he alone can fight the
war and did all servitude to him being his charioteer for the sake of happiness
of his dear devotees. (To Be
Continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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