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WITNESS

ARJUNA AS WITNESS

In the earlier positng it was seen that srE mArkaNdEya maharishi was called as 
a witness. swAmi nam-AzhwAr has also referred arjuna while establishing the 
supremacy of the Lord. While describing the 2nd pathu of thiru voi mozhi, srE 
azhagia maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr in AchArya hrdhyam :

"sOrAdha mUvA ......'kaLvA, thErthan' enRu vachaNa prakthyakshangaL, kAtti.." 
AchArya Hrdhaym 220;

Here, the supremacy of the Lord is being described through arjunA and shivA.

This is done through the vision seen by arjunA "thErthan' and words uttered by 
shivA" kaLvA"

"thErthan" '

'thErthan ulagalandha sEvadi mEal pUndhAmam, sErthi avaiyE
sivan mudi meAl than kaNdu pArthan thelindhozhindha painthuzhAyAn perumai
pErthum oruvarAl pEsak kidandhadhE" thiru voi mozhi 2-8-6;


arjunA wanted to worship shivA for attaining pAsupadhAsthram. For this purpose, 
Lord krishNA offered His divine feet on which arjuna showered flowers which he 
later saw in the head of shivA. Then, he realised the Lord's supremacy.

The words "thAn kaNdu' is of essence here. It is not hearsay for arjunA. He 
himself had the vision-first hand experience. Should such experience be 
subjected to further analysis?
Edu vyAkyAnam reads as follows: "Apthar sollak kEatkai anRikkEa, sruthi 
smrithigaLAl anRikkEa, thAnE kaNdAn AyiRRu"
arjuna did not realise this fact by hearsay from friends or comprehended the 
supremacy from sruthi or smrithi. He was a witness to the vision for 
understanding the supremacy of the Lord.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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