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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| someone or the other, at some time or the other. Which Tiruppugazh or a verse of Arunagiri's other works will touch whose heart and transform him and when, we do not know. It was the Tiruppugazh (T-817: Vangaara Maarpilani) sung by a Daasi (courtesan) before the Lord of Palani during a festival, which the 38 year old family-man Ardhanari happened to hear, that sent a thrill in him and transformed him into the famous saint 'Vallimalai Sri Sacchidananda Swamigal'. Thus, Arunagiri's involvement with the prostitutes was real and the Tiruppugazh songs are primarily the out-pourings of his personal experiences with them from which the Lord saved him, but also calculated to help the masses in different ways. Arunagiri himself says in unambiguous terms that his entanglement in the meshes of public women was due to his past deeds and as ordained by Brahma (T-584: 'Vidhiyathaagave'; T-842: 'Thodutha Naal Mudhal'). It is worth remembering Saint Thayumanavar's words every now and then: Aiyaa Arunagiri Appaa! Unnaippola Meiyaaga Ore Sol Vilambinar Yaar? --- "O Arunagiri, my (spiritual) father! Who has, like you, uttered a word of truth?" Thus we find that the Tiruppugazh songs are of various types: there are poems of self-condemnation by way of attributing others' evils of a general nature upon himself, to educate the masses and help turn their minds towards God (T-214: 'Charana kamalaala ...'; T-109: 'Sivanaar manam ... '); there are poems of confession and repentance over his past evil life with the courtesans; many are poems seeking God's grace to be freed from sex-indulgence; there are gratitude-showing poems wherein he acknowledges the special favours conferred on him, which saved him from the clutches of prostitute women; there are poems of severe attack and criticism of public women, to serve as a warning to the unwary ones, etc. There are also poems which do not come under any of the above classifications. Some poems reveal the different kinds of spiritual experience obtained by Arunagiri purely out of Lord's infinite grace; there are poems which are only praises of God (T-100: 'Naada Vindu'; T-270: 'Arakara Sivanari'; T-366: 'Saravana Jaataa'; T-101: 'Bodakantharu'; T-654-I: 'Paramagurunaatha'; T-730: 'Seethala Vaarija'); there are poems which contain information on different subjects such as diseases (T-228: 'Vaadamodu'; T-260: 'Irumaluroga'; T-582: 'Valivaada'); on different Yogas such as Jnana, Bhakti, etc., (T-190 'Moolankilarodu'; T-647: 'Naalu Sathuratha'; T-652: 'Mathiya Manguna'; T-896: 'Pancha Pulanum'; T-1114: 'Neerunila Mandaatha'); on music (Tala), etc., etc. Hence we cannot bring all Tiruppugazh songs under a single category of 'attribution', etc., nor can we relegate one category of poems to another. They have to be carefully sifted and understood in their true perspective, which is, of course, not an easy task. Though the Tiruppugazh songs are, in general, variegated in their nature and purpose in their first halves, their second halves are almost of a uniform nature in that they extol the glory of the Lord in diverse ways. He glorifies not only Skanda but also all the other Gods -- Lord Siva, Ganesha, Devi, Vishnu, Rama, and others. Hence the songs are called 'Tiruppugazh' --- songs of praise (Pugazh) of | ||
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