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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true sense of the term, ever singing the glory of the Lord. His fame spread in all directions and the king of the country, Pravuda Deva, was all admiration for him and became his devotee. He wished to have the Lord's Darshana and Arunagiri sang the 'Athala Sedanarada' Tiruppugazh, when Lord Murugan appeared from a pillar (Khamba) in an open assembly, and gave Darshana with the dancing Peacock, to the great joy of the king and everyone assembled there. At that Pillar where the Lord appeared a shrine is dedicated for the Lord, called the Khambattu Ilayanaar Koil. Neither the king lost his eye-sight by the Lord's darshana nor did Arunagiri go to Devaloka as a parrot to fetch Parijata flowers, as told in the traditional and hearsay stories. After that event, Arunagiri went on sthala-yatra or pilgrimage, visiting all the shrines of Lord Murugan throughout India and singing the glory of the Lord in all those places. He had different kinds of experience and vision of the Lord at many places. At Tiruchchendur he had vision of the Lord as a dancing child. In that town he also won against Villuputturar in a literary contest. At a place called Tirut-thurutti the Lord appeared in Arunagiri's dream, etched His emblems of the Vel and the Peacock on both his shoulders and commanded him to sing the 'Kandar Anubhuti'. Most probably the 'Kandar Anubhuti' was given by Arunagiri immediately at Tirut-thurutti. As wished by Arunagiri at Pothiya Malai to be enlisted in the elite group of Tapasvins like sage Agastya, and as prayed for by him at Tirutthani to stay there and do intense Tapasya, the Lord called him to Tirutthani again at the fag-end of his pilgrimage, to fulfil both the prayers. He stayed there for some years doing intense penance (Tapas) and gave the wonderful Tiru Vaguppus. As the purpose of giving the Tiru Vaguppus was to bring delight to the Lord's heart, there is no reference at all to sex in any of them, and also to fear of death (except in a few). Finally, he returned to his home town of Tiruvannamalai, from where his mission had commenced. Thus, he is said to have given 16,000 Tiruppugazh songs (of which about 1300 or so only are available) and composed many other works during the pilgrimage. The Glorious End It will be worthwhile noting that it was in the temple of Arunachaleshwarar in Tiruvannamalai that on Day One, when Arunagiri dropped himself from the temple tower, Lord Murugan saved and commissioned him (ஆட்கொண்டது) (Gopuratthu Ilayanaar Koil); that the Lord appeared and blessed Arunagiri, the | ||
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