WITNESS III

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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