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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| "O Moksha-conferring Lord! O Lord of Deivayanai who shines With smile-divine and teeth pearl-like set! O Saravanabhava, Sakti-Vel holding! O Guru Supreme! O Seed (Source) for Moksha! --- Thus praising" With the grace of the Lord, Arunagiri completed the song in no time. At that very place where Arunagiri was saved by the Lord, at the bottom of the Gopuram (tower), a temple is dedicated for Lord Murugan with an idol of the saint with palms joined in a prayerful mood. It is called the 'Gopuraththu Ilayanaar Koil'. (Further story of Arunagiri continued on page xl.) It is worthwhile to record that our revered and late Sri V.S. Chengalvaraya Pillai has quoted authorities for each and every one of the facts mentioned above from the nook and corner of Arunagiri's works and also from other sources, all which reveal his high scholarship, deep knowledge and devotion to God. However, it is astonishing to note that he has knowingly omitted certain vital facts which, of course, he has admitted in the very Preface of the book itself. He says, in the Preface: "The life-history of Arunagirinathar is being narrated in many ways by hearsay stories. Sri Murugadas Swamigal who has sung the 'Pulavar Puranam' and many other devotees have told the story as they have heard and as inspired by the Lord from within their hearts. There is no way of saying for certain what the real history is. Those who wish to know these hearsay or 'karna-paramparai' stories may read their works. (Note: By this is implied that Sri Pillai does not give credence or authenticity to hearsay or 'karna-paramparai' stories.) The life-history I have written in this work (Arunagirinathar: Varalaarum Noolaaraaicchiyum) is, as far as possible, based on internal and external evidences. Just as Sekkizhar Swamigal has written the biographies of the three saints --- Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar --- with the help of the hints available from the 'Thevaaram' (their works), even so is my wish to write the history of Arunagiri’s pilgrimage, etc., based on his Tiruppugazhs and other works. "As we cannot with any certainty say that the printed Tiruppugazh songs are Arunagiri's own words, and as it was the wont with the Tamil saints to depict themselves as being caught up in Maya, though really unaffected by it, for the sake of teaching to the world, I have consciously omitted even certain internal evidences afraid of quoting them as referring to Arunagiri's life, as for instance: 1. In Tiruppugazh verses*5 T-392: 'Manaiyaval Nagaikka'; T-752: 'Maattirai Yaagilum'; and T-1301: 'Manai Makkal sutra'; though Arunagiri's words are very, very clear to prove that he led a life (of Grihastha) with wife, children, sister-in-law and other relatives, yet hesitating to boldly state as such I have omitted the same. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ *5 T. Nos. refer to Tiruppugazh numbers in Sri Pillai's work "Murugavel Panniru Tirumurai" | ||
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