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 | |
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received many favours and blessings from the Lord. He was so much inspired at Tirutthani that he prayed to the Lord there (T-262, 'Karikkuzhal viriththum') : "In order that Your heart may be delighted, I wish to bathe in the sea of penance, become Your devout-servant here, residing (for sometime) at Your abode (Thiruththanigai); kindly bless me with that good fortune!" It is quite possible that in fulfilment of this prayer, the Lord made Arunagiri to visit Tirutthani again on completion of his north Indian tour, stay there for quite a long time, bathe in the sea of severe penance and bring out the pearls of the Tiru Vaguppu, to the delight of His heart. From Tirutthani, the saint proceeded to Tiru Vengadam (also known as Tiruppati) where he says, in his Tiruppugazh, there was also a temple of Lord Murugan. He then went to Tiruk-Kaalaththi (Kaalahasti), praising it as the South-Kailasa. Then he went to Sri Sailam. From Sri Sailam, Arunagiri went northwards, undertaking the arduous Kailasa Yatra, traversing over unknown regions, crossing forests, mountains and rivers. He first reached Kaasi (Benares), and then Maayaapuri (Haridwar) and finally he had the great satisfaction of having Darshana of the most sacred Kailasa Parvat (Tiruk-Kayilai), offering 6 Tiruppugazhs in glorification of the sacred Abode of Lord Siva. He then wended his way back southwards, visiting Jagannaatha (Puri) and Visuvai (Vizag or Visakha-pattinam), to return to Tiruvannamalai. When he was near Tirutthani, the Lord pulled him there, to fulfil his two prayers -- (i) at Pothiya Malai Arunagiri had prayed to enlist him in the elite group of great Tapasvins like Agastya (see p-lx), and (ii) earlier at Tirutthani he had prayed to stay there and bathe in the sea of Tapas or penance, to bring delight to the Lord's heart. Accordingly, Arunagiri lived in Tirutthani for a very long time (may be a few years) immersed in intense Tapasya or severe penance with meditation for long periods, occasionally coming out and giving one Tiru Vaguppu. The Tiruppugazh and other works of Arunagiri were the outcome of the Lord's command to sing His glories, mainly intended to help the masses to attain God by freeing themselves from the attraction for sex. On the other hand, the Tiru Vaguppus were an outcome of Arunagiri's Tapas, meant to bring delight to the Lord (உனது சித்தம் களிகூர), as prayed for and granted. Hence those poems are of an exalted type and so we do not find at all any reference or prayer for freedom from attraction for sex, and also fear of death except in a few of them. As he sang them living in Tirutthani, there is reference to that place in many of the Vaguppus. Since there are 25 sections in the Tiru Vaguppu, it is very likely that he lived in Tirutthani doing Tapas or austerity for some years, till he completed them. Thus the prayer made at Pothiya Malai to enlist him in the elite group of Tapasvins like Agastya and the prayer made at Tirutthani earlier to stay there and do intense Tapasya were both fulfilled by the Lord. Thus with the fulfilment of his prayer and the completion of Tiru Vaguppu, the last of his works, Arunagiri's mission was coming to an end. On Day One, when Arunagiri fell from the temple tower and the Lord saved him, He commissioned him with the mission of singing His praises and thereby serving mankind. At once he was cured of his diseases. His Karmas (both good | ||
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