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
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