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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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