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's Tiruppugazh songs had a special charm of their own. These poems appealed to the people and touched their hearts because of their beauty, style, rhythm, depth of meaning and, above all, being filled with the grace of the Lord who commissioned Arunagiri to sing them. Arunagiri's mission was moral regeneration, religious unity and dissemination of spiritual wisdom. The Tiruppugazh poems were felt to be a boon by one and all --- the sensuous man found not only his deplorable condition portrayed but also a way out shown; vain Pundits who wasted their time in debates were made to see their folly; devotees who needed more inspiration and guidance found verses of surrender and invocation which inspire them as they sing; spiritual aspirants who thirst for wisdom got the required material for contemplation and enquiry, etc. Thus the Tiruppugazh songs were a mine of social, religious and spiritual wealth that could satisfy and lift up each and every kind of person. People were, therefore, easily attracted towards the Tiruppugazh songs. The songs soon became so popular that people in the north and south, in the east and west, began to sing them and dance in ecstasy. EPILOGUE We may sum up the glorious life of Saint Arunagirinathar, based on internal evidences, inscriptions, etc., as follows:Arunagiri was a descendant of the family of Gowda Brahmins, who came from the North and settled in Mullandiram and other villages. He lived in Tiruvannamalai. He was well-versed in Tamil and Sanskrit even from his young age. He had good education and upbringing. He was married and had wife, children, in-laws and other relatives. Probably, for the sake of his education, his parents and he had settled in Tiruvannamalai. Even though married, as fate would have it, he fell a victim to the courtesans of Tiruvannamalai, lost all his wealth and contracted incurable diseases, on account of which he was ridiculed and laughed at by his dear and near ones, including the courtesans. He was not wanted by anyone. Time is a great healer. He became ashamed of himself and felt sorry for having wasted the precious human life. Taking pity on him an elderly person advised him to devote his time in prayer and contemplation on Lord Murugan. As advised, sitting near the temple Gopuram Arunagiri tried to fix his mind on God, but to no avail. Finally, to end this kind of wretched life, and as an expiation for the sins committed, he decided to put an end to his life. He climbed the top of the Arunachaleshwarar Temple Gopuram, offered a prayer to Lord Murugan and dropped himself down. When he was close to the ground, the all-merciful Lord Skanda, for whom he had love in his heart, held him in His arms, wrote the sacred Mantra on his tongue with His Vel, gave a Japa-Mala and commanded him to sing His glories, giving him the first line to commence the sacred mission. The sinner, in a moment, was transformed into a Saint of the highest realisation, had diverse divine experiences in addition to being cured of all his diseases. He was shining with divine glow. A temple is dedicated to Lord Murugan right at the bottom of the tower (Gopuram) where the Lord held him in His arms, with a statue of Arunagiri. It is called the Gopuraththu Ilayanaar Koil. He became a renunciate, a wandering monk, in the | ||
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