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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