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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| Arunagiri at once completed the song. Being cured of all physical ailments and purged of inner impurities, his heart was brimming with devotion. He was in a highly ecstatic mood. He was totally transformed. He adopted the life of a renunciate. The erstwhile sinner shone now as a saint. He was full of expression, love and supreme devotion. By the special blessings conferred on him by the Lord, as the waters of a reservoir rush forth when the flood-gate is thrown open, wisdom and love flowed through the saint in the form of Tiruppugazh songs. He poured forth poems in exquisite Tamil, singing the glories of the Lord in diverse ways. He was God-intoxicated out and out. The residents of Tiruvannamalai and neighbouring areas revered him and joined him in singing his songs. His fame and glory spread everywhere as an exceptional devotee of Lord Murugan and as a great Yogi. The king of the country, Pravuda Deva, also evinced great love and devotion towards Arunagiri and honoured the Saint in his court. He requested Arunagiri to give him the darshana or vision of Lord Murugan Whose vision he had the good fortune to have, even as Somaasimaara Nayanaar had requested Sundaramurti Swamigal. In support of the king's request, Sri Pillai says, there is a 'karna-paramparai' story, as follows: (Note: Sri Pillai has, in his Preface (see page xxviii), rejected the 'karna-paramparai' stories as unauthentic. Why should he resort to it now? The story is both irrelevant and unwarranted, as we will see at the end of the story -- page xliv.) The Myth of the contest with Sambanthandan The 'karna-paramparai' story, though there is no internal evidence for it, is as follows:There was a great Devi-Upasaka, --- a devotee of the Divine Mother, -- Sambanthandan by name. He was an ardent Jain and had intimate friendship with the king Pravuda Deva, for his own ends. The wide-spread fame of Arunagiri and the special honour accorded to him by the king kindled Sambanthandan's jealousy towards Arunagiri, as he feared he would no more get the king's favour. He, therefore, struck upon a cunning plan to defame Arunagiri. He approached Pravuda Deva and said: "You should be devoted only towards him who can make the Deity he worships appear in an open assembly." Pravuda Deva could not tolerate this jealous attitude of Sambanthandan. He conveyed it to Arunagiri who agreed to it, taking it as the will of God. Accordingly elaborate arrangements were made and a big assembly was convened at the courtyard of the Arunachaleshwarar Temple. The king with his consort, nobles and the public at large gathered there to witness this unusual contest. Sambanthandan made all sorts of feats, pomp and show to manifest his Ishta Devata, -- Kali, -- but failed. Now came Arunagiri's turn. He made no special efforts, but sang a Tiruppugazh song, which begins with 'Athala Sedanarada' (T-1056). A free-translation of the song is thus: "O Lord of Lords! Come dancing, O Lord, come dancing in such a way that when You dance, everything dances, -- the Adisesha dances in the nether worlds; the mount Meru dances on the earth; Kali dances with Lord Siva, the bull-rider; | ||
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