THE ESOTERIC
KANDAR ANUBHUTI
OR
THE SECRET TEACHING ON
GOD-EXPERIENCE
(A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization)
OF
SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR
| THE ESOTERIC KANDAR ANUBHUTI OR THE SECRET TEACHING ON GOD-EXPERIENCE (A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization) OF SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR | |
 | by N.V. Karthikeyan |  |
| verses contents 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 .. 33 this verse in PDF version (2 parts) p-1 p-2 complete download of this book |
VERSE-23 அடியைக் குறியாது அறியாமையினால் முடியக் கெடவோ முறையோ முறையோ வடிவிக்ரம வேல் மகிபா குறமின் கொடியைப் புணரும் குணபூதரனே.Adiyaik kuriyaathu ariyaamaiyinaal, Mudiyak kedavo muraiyo muraiyo Vadi vikrama vel makipaa kuramin, Kodiyaip punarum guna bhootharane. Contemplating not on Your Feet, of nescience Commentary What was implied in the word 'Midi' or 'poverty' in verse-19, by which it was meant 'Ignorance', is said explicitly in this verse as 'Ariyaamai', Ignorance. The experience and joy of deep meditation (verses 21 and 22) do not last for a long time. He who had such deep meditation and could 'feel' the all-pervading Satchidananda while bowing to the Lord's Feet, after some time finds that he could not even think of the Lord's Feet! His mind is distracted and disturbed. Why so? That deep meditation done for a protracted period was like a powerful torch light directly focused on the 'sinner' or 'Ignorance' which was cozily resting in the core of the heart, playing all mischief through the mind and ego. That has been awakened now and threatened. It is like the sleeping cobra that has been disturbed and awakened, which will start hissing and attacking. So Avidya or ignorance shows its ugly face by taking revenge on the seeker and plays havoc with him. He is shattered. He who could meditate and bow to His Feet feeling the all-pervading presence of Satchidananda (Verse-22), is now unable even to think of those Feet. He is as though totally lost. So, in bewilderment he surrenders to the Lord, saying: "Ariyaamaiyinaal Mudiyakkedavoo Muraiyoo Muraiyoo"-- "Is it fair, O Lord! Is it fair that I am totally ruined by this 'sinner' Ariyaamai, Ignorance? You are the Lord with the pointed, valorous and victorious Vel! Please come to my rescue." Thus he surrenders to the Lord realising his helplessness. Such is the power of Ignorance (Ariyaamai)! In the beginning of Sadhana, the problems of the seeker were external, on the physical or conscious level (verse-4 onwards). Then they became internal, were in the subtle or subconscious level (verse-14 onwards). Now they have moved to the causal or unconscious level which is the seat of Avidya or Ignorance, wherein are imbedded the results or fruits of Karmas of past lives, in the form of deep-seated Samskaras or latent impressions of past deeds/experiences. When these are disturbed by deep meditation, they come to the subconscious and conscious levels and cause all problems like ill health, inability to concentrate the mind, desire to repeat those past experiences of enjoyment, etc. The problem of inability to fix the mind on the Lord's Feet of this verse is only the beginning, because the disturbance is still in the unconscious level only. Even the agitation in the unconscious level takes away his meditation and does not even allow him to think of the Lord. Greater problems are to come when they gush forth to the subconscious and conscious levels of the mind when they will play a greater havoc with him, which is portrayed in the subsequent verses. A question may arise: 'Why should meditation on the Atman disturb Avidya?' To understand this we should know the constitution of our personality. We have three bodies, viz., the gross or physical body, the subtle body, and the causal body. Correspondingly we have three levels, viz., the conscious, the sub-conscious and the unconscious levels; and three states, viz., the waking, the dreaming and the dreamless deep sleep states. Each subsequent body/level/state is interior to and more pervasive than the previous one. Avidya is in the causal body, in the unconscious level, is the deep sleep state. The Atman or Self is beyond and transcending these three bodies/levels/states and is the innermost. It is, therefore, called the 'Transcendental' or 'Fourth' state. So meditation on the Atman implies passing through or crossing Avidya and so it gets disturbed. The Vel is sharp and valorous. It is sure in its aim. It pierced the Krauncha mountain (Asura) and killed Surapadman and his brothers. The Vel represents Jnana (knowledge), which alone can destroy ignorance. To take the things of the world as real and to forget the Omnipresence of the Lord, and thereby suffer, is ignorance. The Lord is an embodiment of virtues. If we meditate on Him, we will imbibe all virtuous qualities from Him and His Vel will destroy our ignorance. The Lord embraced Valli. Valli was of divine origin but brought up by hunters - low-caste forest-dwellers. The Jiva, too, is of Divine origin but caught up in the body-mind net of Prakriti. The Lord's embracing Valli denotes that He accepts the Jivas that meditate on Him and take refuge in Him. Also the Lord is an embodiment of virtues. |
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