WITNESS
ARJUNA AS
WITNESS
In the earlier positng it was seen that srE
mArkaNdEya maharishi was called as a witness. swAmi nam-AzhwAr has also referred
arjuna while establishing the supremacy of the Lord. While describing the 2nd
pathu of thiru voi mozhi, srE azhagia maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr in AchArya
hrdhyam :
"sOrAdha mUvA ......'kaLvA, thErthan'
enRu vachaNa prakthyakshangaL, kAtti.." AchArya Hrdhaym
220;
Here, the supremacy of the Lord is being described
through arjunA and shivA.
This is done through the vision seen by arjunA
"thErthan' and words uttered by shivA" kaLvA"
"thErthan"
'
'thErthan ulagalandha sEvadi mEal
pUndhAmam, sErthi avaiyE
sivan mudi meAl than kaNdu
pArthan thelindhozhindha painthuzhAyAn perumai
pErthum oruvarAl pEsak kidandhadhE"
thiru voi mozhi 2-8-6;
arjunA wanted to worship shivA for attaining
pAsupadhAsthram. For this purpose, Lord krishNA offered His divine feet on
which arjuna showered flowers which he later saw in the head of shivA. Then, he
realised the Lord's supremacy.
The words "thAn kaNdu'
is of essence here. It is not hearsay for arjunA. He himself had the
vision-first hand experience. Should such experience be subjected to further
analysis?
Edu vyAkyAnam reads as follows: "Apthar
sollak kEatkai anRikkEa, sruthi smrithigaLAl anRikkEa, thAnE kaNdAn
AyiRRu"
arjuna did not realise this fact by hearsay from
friends or comprehended the supremacy from sruthi or smrithi. He was a witness
to the vision for understanding the supremacy of the Lord.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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