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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



















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