Magnanimity 4

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Lord krishNA to pANDavAs

 

It is often observed that every other person is commenting and commending Sri

krshNA's act of friendliness with the pANDAvAs. Everyone wold eagerly recount

the events from the mahA-bhAratham, sri krshNA donning the role of charioteer

for their sake, becoming an emissary for them, transforming broad daylight into

perceptible night etc.

 

Can anyone imagine that behind the philantharophic acts lurks disgust for them.

Strange but true indeed. The Almighty who delivered the great sermon -bhagawath

gEthA, the Almighty who charioted for them, the emperumAn who acted as an

ambassador for them, who blatantly adopted a patisan attitude towards them,

having dislike for them?

 

Well. Sri krshNA, once when the horses were tired , high and dry and no water

was around, made water spring from the deep recesses of the earth which made

the rival kings exclaim A'What a brazen partiality. How can we win over Him"

Sri maNavALa mmunikaL who has given vyAkyAnam for this peiryAzhwAr thirumozhi

pAsuram

"..mun angu ninRu mOzhia ezhuvithavan malai " has commented

 

' ivargalukku ippadi oru paksha pAdhamA. nAm tholaindhOam. ivargaLai eppadi

velvadhu 'were the comments of the kings in the opposite camp.

 

 

What can then be their blunder?, as per Sri krshNA. It is well known that

devotion of dhraupadhi towards krishNA is of a high degree and placed on a high

pedestal. She who was insulted in the open assembley hall, when the crisis was

looming large, when the impending doom was raising its ugly hood/head, appealed

to Lord krshNA who showered His Grace in the form of endless sarees to rescue

her. Incidentally, the greatness of thirunAmam emerged which is mentioned in

mumUkshUppadi

"dhraupadhikku Abathil pudavai surandhadhu thirunAnam iREA"

 

The fact that the pANDAvAs were a mute witness, silent spectators, dumb statues

and standing audience to the insults and insiunuations heaped on her, was the

primary bludner they had committed. That they were instrumental for the whole

dastardly act of kaurvAs is one thing but their act of omissions when this

triggered and snowballed into a crisis was their blunder.

 

Natural justice, therefore, pointed its fingure towards them, against them,

throwing up a death sentence. It was indeed a divine decision.

 

Then, why, one may question, was this not carried out? In the contemporary

world, one may find prayer for president's clemency against order of death

sentence to be converted into a life sentence.

If, in fact, going by the verdict, the pANDAvAs were killed, will it ensure

justice to her. On the contrary it wold inflict hardship on her and she would

be more victimised add this would add insult to injury.She had vowed to restore

her tress in order. Had pANdAvAs been slain, her spread tresses would have

remained status-quo forever. The Lord considering this very fact, took upon

Himself, the act of appeal for clemency and pardoned them.

 

This is succinctly brought forth by Sri piLLai lOkAchArya in the three

sUthram-s 20,21 and 22 of SrE vachana bhUshaNam.

 

SVB 20'dhraupadhi paripavam kaNdirundhadhu krishNAbiprAyathAlEa pradhAna dhOsham'

Being a mute witness to the intolerable hardship to dhraupadhi is the primary

defect on the pANdAvAs.

 

SVB 21"pANdavargaLaiyum nirsikka prApthamAyirukka vaithadhu dhraupadhiyudaiy mangaLa sUthrathukkAGa"

 

The divine decision pointing towards pANDavAs also to be killed not being

carried out is due taking cognizance of her mangaLa sUthram.

 

SVB 22: " arjunanukku dhUthya sArathyangaL paNNiRRum, prapathi upadhEsam paNNiRrum ivaLukkAga"

 

Performing the role of emissary, chrioting, delivering the Great sermon are all for her sake.

 

This is what thirumangai AzhwAr says in the periya thirumozhi

"pandhAr viralAL pAnjAli kUndhal mudikka bhAradhathu,

kandhAr kazhal mannar kalanga sangam vAi vaithAn' 6-8-8;

 

 

And this is another magnanimous act of emperumAn going into the annals of His

innumerable auspicious qualities -bakthavatsalan.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan