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71) Paandavaari prahartre SrI
VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, who
destroyed the enemies of Pandavas !
Although this tirunAma includes the five sons of
King PaaNdu , it refers principally to Arjuna (as per the GitA
declaration ,
" PaaNdavAnAm Dhananjaya: " ) . ArjunA's
principal enemy was his dejection in having to kill his relatives , gurus etc,
which
was totally against his kshatriya dharma of
battling with foes . It is this dejection , dismay and reluctance that Sri
Krishna
destroyed through the GitOpadEsam . Thus by
eliminating PaaNdava's enemy (PaaNdavaari) , the Lord made Arjuna
victorious.
In VaishNava sampradhAyam , it is customary to
revere Lord VenkatEsa as Sri Krishna Himself , this thirunAma attributes
the latter's deeds to the former.
The Pandavas, due to their
unalloyed devotion, occupy a special place in the Lord's heart. The Lord
Himself reveals this to Duryodhana--"Mama praanaa hi Pandavaa:" (The
Pandavas are my very life breath). Hence anyone acting against their
interests is ipso facto liable to attract the Lord's wrath. And this is what
happened to the Kauravas, who heaped upon the Pandavas innumerable insults,
culminating in the banishment of the latter to a long exile in the jungles and
denial of their rightful share of the kingdom--The Kauravaas were wiped out
without a trace, with none to carry on their lineage.
And was this the result of Sri
Krishna actively waging war against these infidels? No, for the Lord had sworn
not to wield any weapon during the Kurukshetra war. As anything else, it
happened due to the mere will of the Lord, His Sankalpam. Though it was
actually Arjuna and others of the Paandavaa army who destroyed the opponents,
they were mere instruments in the hands of the Lord, who had made up His mind
to that effect.
Sri Tirumangai Azhwar tells us
that the reason the Kauravas lost their lives, was the insult meted out to
Draupadi, the beloved wife of the Pandavas, and that it was the Lord who was
responsible for their annihilation--
"andakan siruvan arasar tam
arasarkku ilayavan ani izhyai sendru
em tamakku urimai sey enna
tariyaadu Emperumaan arulenna
sandamal kuzhalaal ak kan
nootruvar tam pendirum eidi nool izhappa
Indiran siruvan ter mun
nindraanai Tiruvallikkeni kandene"
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