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 cannot be argued that the use of Sanskrit words, etc., was due to the 'countless powers' conferred on Arunagiri by the Lord; because, the same argument will hold good in respect of item (b) above. Hence, if we are to take internal evidences as authentic in respect of item (b), we cannot help accepting item (c) as true; Items (b) and (c) suggest that Arunagiri must have hailed from a highly religious and cultural family whose tradition it is to educate their children in both the Tamil and Sanskrit languages, i.e., he belonged to a Brahmin family. (d) Being a native of Mullandiram, he lived in Tiruvannamalai. This may be due to his parents' settlement there in his boyhood for his education, or his settlement there after his marriage for his livelihood. That he lived in Tiruvannamalai where he succumbed to the wiles of the public women and the Lord saved him when he tried to commit suicide is evident from many Tiruppugazh songs, and is beyond doubt; (e) Even before he was ordained by the Lord to sing His glories, Arunagiri had the ability to compose poems, which he made use of to earn wealth to be given to his paramours (T-146: 'Irukanaka'; T-494: 'Arivilaap'; etc.). {Some authors, to create confusion, say that some of those songs which Arunagiri composed earlier to earn wealth might have been mixed up with the Tiruppugazh songs. We should not forget that the Tiruppugazh songs were given after ordainment and are divine-inspired and are in 'praise of the Lord' and not of misers (as could be seen clearly in the above 2 songs). The Tiruppugazh songs have a flavour of their own, they are divine-inspired out-pourings; whereas the earlier songs were intellectual compositions and they can be no match to the Tiruppugazhs and cannot be confused or mistaken one for the other.} (f) He was a married man and had wife, children, father, mother, and in-laws (T-392: 'Manaiyaval Nagaikka') and yet he fell a victim to the lures of prostitute women (T-132: 'Thakara Narumalar'; T-436: 'Seelamula Thaayaar'), which was due to his Prarabdha Karmas or fate (T-584, 'Vidhiyathaagave'; T-842, 'Thodutha Naal Mudhal'); (g) Dejected and fed up with the wretched life of debauchery which resulted in contracting many diseases and poverty and also the ridicule of his wife, kinsmen and even his paramours, Arunagiri decided to put an end to his life (T-392: 'Manaiyaval Nagaikka'; T-394: 'Kothi Mudhithu'); and (h) When Arunagiri attempted suicide, the Lord held him and conferred various blessings on him: T-392: 'Manaiyaval Nagaikka'; T-513: 'Makara merikadal'; T-515: 'Murugu cheri kuzhal'; etc.) AFTER ORDAINMENT We continue with the 'Internal Evidence Account' of Sri Pillai, from where we left (page xxviii). When Arunagiri fell from the temple-tower, the Lord saved him and ordained him to sing His glories by Himself giving the first line. | ||
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