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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| It is rightly believed that the work Kandar Anubhuti contains in itself, explicitly and implicitly, many Mantras. The Names of the Lord, such as Murugan, Kanda, Shanmukha, Guhan, Velava, are Mantras by themselves; and the work is replete with these Names of the Lord. Further, in many verses there are Mantras in the form of mystic formulae. For instance, "Velum Mayilum Thunai" in verse 1, "Naatha Kumaraa Namah" in verse 36, "(Naan) Iraiyoon Parivaaram" in verse 37, "Guruvaai Varuvaai Arulvaai Guhanae" in verse 51 -- the details about which can be found in the explanations of the verses. There is also another reason why the Kandar Anubhuti is regarded as a Mantra-Shastra. "Mananaat Trayate Iti Mantrah:" --- that by the Manana or reflection of which one is saved or released (from Samsara) is a Mantra. Truly, a deep reflection and meditation on this mystic work and its imports liberates one from bondage. The Vel of Lord Skanda, which is identical with Him, is a mystic Divine weapon with which He destroyed the Asuras. The Vel which is Wisdom-Absolute also annihilates the inner Asuras or enemies of Avidya, Kaama, and Karma, and liberates the Jiva from transmigration. The Vel is a mysterious divine power and is referred to by Saint Arunagirinathar as the Mantra-Vel in one of his Thiruppugazh songs. And, out of the 51 verses of the Kandar Anubhuti, there is a direct invocation to the Vel in 25 verses. For this reason as well, the work is regarded as a Mantra-Shastra. Thus, being replete with the Names of the Lord, which are Mantras; containing many mystic formulae (Mantras) in its bosom, a reflection or repetition of which liberates one from Samsara; being filled with invocations to the Vel which is mystic in nature, which destroys Avidya; a daily recitation of this marvelous Mantra-Shastra, the Kandar Anubhuti, is capable of bestowing on one whatever one honestly seeks and exactly in the manner one seeks. Hence, to the devotees of Lord Skanda, the Kandar Anubhuti is a holy book for daily paaraayanam (devout recitation) and there are devotees even today who can narrate their personal experiences and the miraculous protection received by them from the Lord by resorting to the repetition of a single verse or even a part of a verse from the Kandar Anubhuti. We may, in passing, refer to one or two such instances. (1) A devotee, who used to do daily paaraayanam of the Kandar Anubhuti, was proceeding from one village to another through a jungle-path. He was suddenly accosted by a thief. The devotee plucked the stem of a betel leaf which he was carrying and uttering the phrase "Tholaipatturuvath Thodu Velavanae", meaning: "O Lord Velayudha, who dispatched the Vel as to pierce (through the heart of the Asura Surapadman)" (last line of verse 4), shot it on the thief. Lo! The betel stem acted as the Vel and killed the thief on the spot. (2) The Saiva Siddhanta Maha Samajam, Madras, has published a book entitled "Kandar Anubhuthi", in Tamil, with the original verses, their respective Yantras or Chakras and Mula-Mantras. Its author is Sri M.P. Thyagaraja Mudaliar, B.A., who was the Assistant Secretary of the Samajam. He was initiated into the verses and the Yantras by a Sannyasin who had attained great Siddhis in them and to whom | ||
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