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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 .. 36 this verse in PDF version (2 parts) p-1 p-2 complete download of this book |
VERSE-26 ஆதாரம் இலேன் அருளைப் பெறவே நீதான் ஒருசற்றும் நினைந்திலையே வேதாகம ஞான விநோத மனோ தீதா சுரலோக சிகாமணியே.Aadhaaram ilen arulaip perave, Neethaan oru satrum ninainthilaiye Vetha-agama jnaana vinotha mano Theethaa sura loka sikhaa maniye. I, who am supportless, Your grace to get Commentary After receiving Initiation from his Guru (verse-20), the seeker had the wonderful experience of feeling Satchidananda while bowing to the Lord (verse-22). But after that the seeker has passed through the conditions of onslaught of Avidya (verses 23, 24 and 25), which should have taken quite a while. It may be many months or even a couple of years, because dealing with Avidya which is the causal body is difficult and does take a long time to battle with the piled up Samskaras and Vaasanas. Yet, help does not seem to come from the Lord in spite of the seeker's repeated surrender and prayer to Him for grace. Assailed by Avidya from inside he is unable to concentrate his mind on the Lord, though he continues his practice tenaciously; and in his outer life also, the responsibilities of the family life make him run hither and thither (verse-25) which distract his spiritual practices. From inside and outside he has only problems, but no help or support. He is utterly 'support-less' (ஆதாரமிலேன்). So he impatiently appeals to the Lord for His Grace, saying: "O Lord, I have been suffering and praying to You for help. I have no other support except You. But You have not given even a moment's thought to bestow your Grace upon me. How long can this continue?" And, in order to support his claim for His grace, he praises the Lord, saying: "O Lord, the Crest-Jewel of Devaloka! Thou art beyond (the reach of) the Vedas, Agamas, (intellectual) knowledge, (physical) activity and mind!" In order that the Lord may not say that He is not showering His Grace because the seeker is not thinking of Him, he justifies himself by saying: "How can I think of You Who are beyond (the reach of) the mind (மனோதீதா)?" It is interesting to see how the Karmas (Prarabdha) and divine Grace work side by side. Karmas are indeed very powerful and sometimes Grace does not seem to stand before it. But there is a great secret that we should know. While the Karmas may be powerful even to the extent of defying Grace temporarily, they have a beginning and an end. So, when the momentum that caused the Karmas gets exhausted, Karmas are finished. But divine Grace is perennial, grows slowly and steadily, but never getting exhausted, until it fructifies into Samadhi or God-Experience. So, great patience is needed of Sadhakas in their practices. Sooner or later, the Karmas will get finished and divine Grace will stand supreme. Thus, the seeker who is experiencing the power of Karmas also knows the power of his Guru's Initiation and Grace which will eventually save him. The Vedas are four and the Siva Agamas are twenty-eight. They glorify God and try to point out the way of attaining Him. They contain the highest wisdom, the mystic revelations of saints and sages. But, they also conclude by saying that He is beyond their reach, because they can only show the way and not give God-Experience. God has to be experienced by oneself. Our intellectual understanding, mental processes and bodily activities cannot take us near God. He is beyond the reach of anything known to us in our present condition of knowing. He stands transcending everything and so He is not attainable by any of these means. "Therefore, I have now no support; Thou art my only support. But Thou art beyond the reach of the mind, etc. Therefore, Thou should think of me now, though for a moment, and that would be enough to have Thy grace and divine experience," - is the appeal of the seeker. In spite of the Sadhaka's greater and greater resort to the Lord (viz. meditation on the Self) he feels 'supportless' because of the power of the Karmas. Also, he has not gained a substantial footing in Reality (God), though he is fairly advanced in Sadhana. This is a very critical condition wherein he is in need of the divine support more than at other times. He feels that a pull from the "Above" is absolutely necessary here. This seems to be a transitional state in meditation, wherein the Jiva-consciousness tries to exceed itself, i.e., go beyond itself and touch universal consciousness. There is a greater self-surrender and dependence on the Lord, i.e., an effort at a more intense meditation on the part of the Jiva to attune itself to the Universal. |
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