THE ESOTERIC
KANDAR ANUBHUTI
THE SECRET TEACHING ON
GOD-EXPERIENCE
(A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization)
OF
SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR
| THE ESOTERIC KANDAR ANUBHUTI THE SECRET TEACHING ON GOD-EXPERIENCE (A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization) OF SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR | |
 | by N.V. Karthikeyan |  |
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| the Avatara, Lilas, and glory of Lord Skanda, wherever possible, as there is reference to the different aspects of the Lord and His achievements in most of the verses. Thus, did I choose to render the Kandar Anubhuti into English and serialize it in the Society's monthly journal. But, not having enough knowledge of the scriptures either of the Tamil or Sanskrit language, and also the attempt being maiden, I was a bit diffident about the venture. Hence, before starting the serialization, I first translated all the verses with a short commentary for each verse and thus prepared the whole manuscript. Then I approached and made a request to Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj --- whose ideas it is that are mostly made use of in the explanation of the verses --- who was also the Editor of the journal, to kindly go through my articles and correct them suitably, to which he readily agreed and which he did with great care and patience even in the midst of his multifarious activities. I am immensely indebted to Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj for all this kindness as also for the clarifications and guidance he gave whenever I sought his help. Thus, the serialization, with the title 'God-Experience', started in the March 1969 Issue of the Society's monthly journal, "The Divine Life", and was completed in the September, 1971, Issue of the journal. In 1972, it was published as a book, under the title "Kandar Anubhuti", by the Divine Life Society. This is the simple way in which the book, the "Kandar Anubhuti," had its birth. But Divine Will seems to have been different, with a purpose altogether different from that of mine. Saint Arunagirinathar's Kandar Anubhuti is held in high esteem both by scholars as well as devotees as each verse is very deep and touching the different layers of one's personality. But, the verses appear to be so unconnected with one another that the work has been regarded by many as a collection of verses independently sung by the Saint at different times, and not as a treatise given with a purpose. Hence, I also wrote my commentary, based on the other authors, treating every verse as independent. However, in the course of translation of the verses and expounding them, I could see a kind of vague link of ideas between certain verses on their very surface in a few places, for instance, in verses 12 and 13; in 28 and 29; in 33, 34, and 35; in 42, 43, and 44; between 39 and 43, and 2 and 43; etc. This led me to think seriously that there should be a complete link of ideas running through all the verses from the beginning to the end, like a golden thread. Especially, as the Title 'Kandar Anubhuti' (God-Experience) suggests, the purpose of the Saint's giving the work is to help seekers attain that God-Experience, I strongly felt that there must be some inner link between the verses so as to provide the needed guidance to the seeker in his attainment. And if it is not apparently visible on the surface, it should be hidden as the esoteric meaning. Though this feeling was very strong in me, I failed to arrive at any definite line of thought. Yet something was working in me in a subconscious way telling me that there is a grand purpose behind this unique work. The conviction that there must be a link of ideas between the verses was unerasable and it continued to work in a subtle way even in the midst of the daily activities. And during my lonely evening walks, in the | ||
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