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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| and bad) were destroyed when the Lord wrote the Mantra on his tongue with His Vel (T-725: Mukilaa menum) and he shone with Divine Wisdom; he became a Jivanmukta, liberated while still living in this body, (i.e., was freed from the body-prison, no more conditioned or limited by it). To this freedom from the body-prison which he had attained on Day One, Arunagiri refers in line 12 of Velaik Kaaran Vaguppu. By giving out thousands of Tiruppugazh and other works he was getting more and more saturated with God-Consciousness, soaked in the bliss of God (Sukha-Svarupa). And now by the intense Tapas and meditation at Thirutthani, Arunagiri was getting more and more immersed in God-Consciousness and freed from body-consciousness, from the body-prison, so much so that he became physically emaciated (which can be seen truly represented in his image, in picture 3 on page-lv). By the time he gave the twelfth Vaguppu called the Vedicchi Kaavalan Vaguppu, because of his intense Tapas, he had undergone much transformation in his spiritual Awareness (highly enlightened). It is usual for great saints and Yogis who are in such a high state of God-consciousness that they refer to themselves in the third person. Thus, in line 6 of the Vedicchi Kaavalan Vaguppu Arunagiri says: "O Lord! O embodiment of grace! Singing and praising You in these glorious Vaguppus in a classified form (in 25 Vaguppus or groups or sections) (here at Tirutthani), is a devotee and resident of Thiruvannamalai who offered the glowing 'Thiruppugazhs' which You accepted and wear as a dazzling pendant." We find such references to themselves in the third person by other saints like Tiru-Jnanasambandar (1.1.11), Sundarar (Kodumudi Pathigam: 7.48.10), Aandaal (Naachiar Tirumozhi: Sinthoorach Sempodi --- 10) and others. Even North Indian saints like Meera, Kabir, Thukaaraam and others have done so. Arunagiri referring to himself in the third person, therefore, does not mean or imply that the Tiru Vaguppus were given by him, not as the person-Arunagiri but as the parrot-Arunagiri, as Sri Pillai tries to make out, which is far from truth. It is not necessary that Arunagiri should have become a parrot to refer to himself as a third person. And also Arunagiri never became a parrot, as we have seen earlier. Also, because Arunagiri was staying at Tirutthanai when he gave that Vaguppu, he refers to himself as the resident of Tiruvannamalai. In fact it is implied in that statement that after completing his Tapas at Tirutthani, Arunagiri will return to Tiruvannamalai which is his place of residence. Also, in my opinion, உரைபெற வகுத்து in line 6 of the Vedicchi Kaavalan Vaguppu --- "Singing and praising You in these glorious Vaguppus in a classified form (in 25 Vaguppus or groups or sections)" seems to imply that all the Tiru Vaguppus were given at one time and for one purpose (i.e., at Tirutthani and while engaged in severe penance, to bring delight to the Lord) and not at different times and for different purposes (i.e., not some now at Tirutthani and some earlier at Tiruvannamalai at the time of the supposed contest with Sambanthandan, either to prevent the Devi appearing or to help Murugan get freed from the hold of the Devi, etc. Thus, with this prolonged stay at Tirutthani and giving the 'Tiru Vaguppus', Arunagiri's mission was coming to the end or fulfilment. He, therefore, decided to | ||
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