Lord krishNA to
vANAsuran/shivA.
vANAsuran was a demon who had thousand
shoulders. His daughter ushai and anirudhan wanted to be united in
wedlock.
However, vANAsuram who was a devotee of
subramnyA, shivA, opposed this tooth and nail.
The asurA fell at their feet who came to
his rescue only to fail after some time.
The demon was falling at the feet of
anybody who he was seeing. He did not have any conviction or steadfastness.
Having failed in understanding who the real saviour was, he went on to fight
against the Saviour Himself.
The pAsuram-s go on to explain the fact
that shivA and murugan have helped vANAsuran in furthering his desires but
failed in that process.
Lord krishNA spared his life and also
removed all his shoulders.
The reasons for this is categorically
specified in th EDu for the pAsuram
"nEAr sarindhAn koDik kOzhik
koNDAn-pinnum
nEAr sarindhAn eriyum
analOAn,pinnum
nEAr sarindhAn mukkaN mUrthy
kaNDEr-appan
nEAR sari vANan thiN
thOL thuNithavanREA" thiruvoimzohi 7-4-8;
i. ushai
pithruhEaniAga voNNAdhu enRu karathai kazhithu
viTTAn;
(The Lord spared his life as ushai should
not become fatherless)
Further, the deity -shivA requested sriman
nArAyaNA that if you kill him, then nobody would respect me, as I had given him
refuge. Hence, please spare his life, was his request.
"ath-thEvathai thAnEa
vandhu, nE ivanaik kollil, en kAlil guNisivArillai ini" enRu paRkATTugaiyAlEa
viTTan.
ii. 'kara pAdhaiyilEa
ivanai kaNDAr kAlil ellAm vizhap paNNiRRu" enRu avanukkuriya karathai
kazhithuvittu iRai ili AkkiviTTan.
The shoulders which should have been used
for falling at the feet of Lord Almighty was used for falling at the feet of
whoever come in the way. Therefore, to emphasise the non-advisability of
dhEvathAnthra worhsip the Lord removed all the shoulders.
Thus the magnanimity of Sri krshNA is
observed on two counts, insparing the life of vANAsuran.
1. ushai should not be fatherless and 2.
Request of shivA was acceded to.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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