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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| Deva, in whose heart Lord Murugan was residing and making it dance in joy.' It was his pious wish to have the Lord's Darshana and he requested Arunagiri for the same. Accordingly, when Arunagiri sang the 'Athala Sedanarada' song the Lord appeared. There is not even the slightest indication in that or any of the other Tiruppugazhs that it was a contest with someone or that Sambanthandan was involved in it. Sri Pillai taking refuge in the 'karna-paramparai' story and bringing Sambanthandan into the scene and making it appear as a contest is irrelevant and unwarranted. There is absolutely no need. It seems to be purely for the purpose of making Arunagiri take the form of a parrot, later on, for which Sambanthandan is needed and for which he is brought into the picture now! (ii) This 'Event' did take place before he commenced his pilgrimage tour; otherwise he could not have referred to it in the two songs (T-331 and T-755). (iii) Neither the king nor anyone else lost the eye-sight by the darshana of the Lord, as there is no mention of it either in these or in the other Tiruppugazh songs or his other works. On the other hand, from the saint's statement, "Thou did that graceful act (of appearing at Thiruvannamalai) which was witnessed by the whole world" (T-331) and "You once came, in a fraction of a second, and helped me in Thiruvannamalai, which earned the praise of all the people of the world" (T-755), it is quite evident that none lost sight. (Some may think that the above two Tiruppugazhs may refer to the Lord's appearance when Arunagiri jumped from the temple tower, to save him. But it cannot be, because when Arunagiri jumped from the temple tower, it was to commit suicide repenting for his sinful life; he did not pray to the Lord to appear or to save him, nor did he know/expect that the Lord would do so. The Lord appeared of His own accord most unexpectedly, even to Arunagiri's own surprise. Neither Arunagiri had announced that he is going to commit suicide nor invited the people to witness the event. Those who commit suicide do it silently, secretly. Where then is the question of 'witnessed by the whole world' (T-331) or "all the people of the world" (T-755)? So these verses can NOT be taken to represent the appearance of the Lord when he jumped from the Gopuram, because then no one witnessed that incident. It was only Arunagiri and the Lord, and none else. Also, if we refer to T-392 (Manaiyaval Nagaikka), Arunagiri says: 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, and in T-394 (Kothi Mudiththu) he says: When I tried to cast off the soul from the body, showing pity on me, wishing to grant me the blessed state, You blessed me. In these two verses wherein he clearly refers to committing suicide (by 'jumping from the Gopuram'), he does not mention about the people witnessing the event. There is the small temple for the Lord at the very bottom of the Gopuram (Gopurathu Ilayanaar Koil) where Arunagiri was saved by Him, wherein also is an idol of the saint. It was only in the 'Event' which took place in a huge sadas (assembly) convened in the hall or Mandapam that it was witnessed 'by the whole world' and 'all the people of the world,' where the 'Kambathu Ilayanaar Koil' is there.) (iv) The 'Event' took place before Arunagiri went on pilgrimage {see (ii) above}. If we suppose that the king had lost his sight then and that Arunagiri went as a parrot and fetched the Parijata flowers from heaven to restore his sight and | ||
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