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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| 2. (a) As regards Arunagiri's caste, he condemns himself in T-26: 'Anicchang Kaarmugam' as 'a low one who avowedly consumes meat'. From this, can one say he belongs to a meat-eating caste? And again, in verse 31 of the Kandar Anthaathi he (Arunagiri) himself says, 'O Brahmins, who mercilessly kill goats and do Yagas or sacrifices!' Is he, who thus condemns Brahmins (of their acts of killing of animals), one belonging to the meat-eating caste? (See page xxxvii for reply.) (b) Further, in his work "Sasanat Tamizhkavi Charitam" Rao Saheb M. Raghava Iyengar refers to Arunagiri as 'Sarva-Bhauma Dindima Kavi', 'Ashta-Bhasha Paramesvara' etc. Now, if we propose to claim Arunagiri to be a Brahmin because there is a lot of the usage of Sanskrit language in his Tamil works, (it cannot be; since) we are led to think that to one who had obtained 'countless powers' due to the special grace of Lord Murugan, should the use of Sanskrit language present any difficulty? "To avoid these confusions I have stated that Arunagiri's caste is unknown, being satisfied that he is a great Tapasvin and a Knower of Truth", concludes Sri V.S.C. Pillai*6. Now, let us consider the above points. 1. A free rendering of T-392: 'Manaiyaval Nagaaika' would be: Wife laughing in ridicule, all townsmen ridiculing, all women-folk ridiculing; father and relatives Dejected in mind, I also dejected in heart, all people thoughtlessly using condemning words and speaking low of me, Darkness enveloping my pondering mind, I thought: 'Is this the purpose of my having taken birth?' ---- And reflecting thus daily, when I cast off the body and soul, ---- Approaching me, Those Feet that You granted then, O Lord grant me again. The song begins with the words 'wife laughing in ridicule'. While the ridicule of his wife, father, relatives etc., is the cause of Arunagiri's taking a decision to put an end to his life, Sri Pillai has taken the effect as authentic information but does not want to accept the cause as authentic! If the effect is authentic, the cause has also to be authentic. To take the effect as true but to cast away, ignore or doubt the cause, neither seems to be rational nor brings soundness to one's research. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ *6 I had no occasion to study the Tiruppugazh songs earlier. So when I read this preface of his, I was eager to have a first-hand knowledge of what Arunagiri says in the songs referred to in the preface as well as in all the other Tiruppugazh songs. I, therefore, felt it necessary to glance through them, at least, and in doing so many facts were revealed. Fortunately for me the Ashram's library had all the six volumes of Sri Pillai's "Murugavel Panniru Thirumurai" for my easy and ready reference. | ||
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