Venkatanathanum Thiruvenkadamudayanum - part 9

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Vali Vadham

The reason Perumal concealed Himself from Vali while killing Him was because, He did not wish to give Vali a chance to surrender to Perumal. This particular incident, seems to contradict Perumal’s nature. Lord Rama was even ready to accept Ravana if he were to surrender. Perumal mentioned this during Yudha Kandam when, after convincing Sugreevan to accept Vibhishnazhwar, Perumal asked Sugreevan to bring whoever was waiting to surrender to the Lord without any delay even if that person was Ravana. Perumal could have killed Ravana without the help of a large troop of Vanaras. When Sugreevan threatened to leave Perumal if Perumal accepted Vibhishana, Lord Rama said, ‘Oh Lord of Vanaras, leave if you must for I can destroy any number of Rakshashas, Yakshas, Gandharvas etc with just the tip of my nails! I need your troops only to warn Ravana so that he may return Piratti to me thus avoiding this impending war.’

Lord Rama used the word “Hari Ganeshwar” to address Sugreeva. The Sanskrit word “Hari” is a homonym for the Lord, a monkey, a frog, as well as a lion. By using this term, the Lord wanted to remind Sugreevan about the Lord’s previous incarnation as Narasimhan. 

The reason Perumal approached Lanka with a large troop was to see if Ravana would at least surrender to the lord after seeing the large host.

When Perumal gave a chance to even Ravana to surrender, why didn’t He give a chance to Vali? Once, when Sugreevan and Vali were on friendly terms, a demon called Mayavi challenged Vali to a duel. Vali pursued the demon into a cave while Sugreevan guarded the cave’s entrance. Sugreevan waited patiently for 21 days. On the 21^st day, Sugreevan was distressed to see large amount of blood flow out of the cave. As he loved Vali immensely, he panicked and assumed that Vali had been killed. He immediately blocked the cave’s entrance with a boulder and left to warn the citizens of Kishkinda. The ministers of Kishkinda, convinced Sugreevan to become the next king. Just as Sugreevan was being crowned, Vali rushed into the court. He mistook Sugreevan’s intention. He banished Sugreevan from the kingdom and wouldn’t allow Sugreevan’s wife Ruma to follow Sugreevan. Even after Sugreevan repeatedly begged Vali for forgiveness, Vali continued to persecute Sugreevan. Sugreevan had informed Lord Rama about Vali’s behaviour and his refusal to forgive Sugreevan. Lord Rama then took the testimony of Lord Hanuman and got confirmation from him that, Sugreevan had indeed surrendered to Vali and had sought Vali’s forgiveness but that, Vali refused to pardon Sugreevan. Vali not only refused to pardon Sugreevan but, he also continued to tyrannize Sugreevan. Perumal felt angry that, Vali had disregarded Sugreevan’s surrender. As Vali did not accept Sugreevan’s saranagathi, Perumal did not even wish to give an opportunity to Vali to surrender to Him. For this reason, Perumal concealed Himself behind a tree.  The word “Kishki” in Sanskrit means, “saranagathi” (self-surrender). The city where the Vanaras lived was called as “Kishkinda” because, they followed the practice of granting refuge to those who surrendered unto them. Vali had broken this dharmam. Perumal has hence showed us through this Charitram that, if we do not forgive those who seek our forgiveness, Perumal will not forgive us either.

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