Kanthar Anubhuthi - verse 23

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Transliteration:

 

adiyai— kuRiyaath— aRiyaa maiyinaal,

mudiya— kedavO muRaiyO muRaiyO

vadi vikrama vEl makipaa kuRamin,

kodiyai— puNarum guNa bhooTharanE. 23

 

Meaning:

 

Contemplating not on Your Feet, of nescience

Am I to perish totally; is it fair, is it justice?

O Lord with Vel, sharp and valorous! O Embracer of Huntress,

The Lightning-Creeper! O Mountain of Divine Virtues!

 

" O Lord with the sharp and valorous Vel; O Mountain (embodiment) of

Virtues, Who embraced (married) the lightning-creeper-like Valli

Devi of the hunter caste! Not meditating on Thy Feet, should I

totally perish of ignorance! Is it fair, O Lord , is it justice? "

 

 

Detailed Commentary:

 

Murugan's Vel explained & the definition of Ignorance

The Vel is sharp and valorous. It is sure in its aim. It pierced the

Krauncha mountain (Asura) and killed Surapadman and his brothers.

The Vel represents Jnana (knowledge), which alone can destroy

ignorance. Ignorance is absence of knowledge (understanding). To

take the things of the world as real and to forget the Omnipresence

of the Lord, and thereby suffer, is ignorance. The Lord is an

embodiment of virtues. If we meditate on Him, we will imbibe all

virtuous qualities form Him and our ignorance will vanish.

 

Skanda Puranam: Significance of Murugan embracing Valli

 

The Lord embraced Valli. Valli was of divine origin but brought up

by hunters — low-caste forest-dwellers. The Jiva, too, is of Divine

origin but caught up in the body-mind net of Prakriti. The Lord's

embracing Valli denotes that He accepts the Jivas that meditate on

Him and take refuge in Him. Again, Valli Devi is compared to a

creeper and the Lord to a mountain — a beautiful smile. Creepers

branch out and spread over mountain-slope, to which the latter lends

its support. Even so, to the Jivas that resort to or depend on the

Lord, the virtue-mountain, He gives His help and grace.

 

Detailed explanation of above verse

" O Lord, because of ignorance, I do not think of your Lotus-Feet. I

do not meditate on You. But, on that account should I perish, should

I be denied your grace? Is it becoming of your divine nature to

withhold your grace from me? (No.) Did you not go in search of Valli

Devi, embrace her and marry her? What was the worth in her, except

that she loved you in her heart? Then why not bless me also, who

offers prayers to you? Not only that; You are an embodiment of

virtues and therefore, you cannot say, `I won't bless you. You

should suffer as you have not thought of Me.' Where is your virtue

or divine nature then? If the bestowal of your grace on me depends

on my fitness, where is the question of grace then? How can you be

called a virtue-mountain? O Lord, you have no justification to deny

your blessing to me, " thus does Arunagirinathar plead for the Lord's

grace and the Lord has no arguments or grounds to withhold His

grace. So pathetically the saint beseeches the Lord.

 

....more in skandagurunatha website

 

Courtesy: www.skandagurunatha.org

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<rramasamydhandapani Sent: Sunday, 3 August, 2008 7:17:37 PM Kanthar Anubhuthi - verse 23Transliteration: adiyai— kuRiyaath— aRiyaa maiyinaal, mudiya— kedavO muRaiyO muRaiyO vadi vikrama vEl makipaa kuRamin, kodiyai— puNarum guNa bhooTharanE. 23 Meaning: Contemplating not on Your Feet, of nescience Am I to perish totally; is it fair, is it justice? O Lord with Vel, sharp and valorous! O Embracer of Huntress, The Lightning-Creeper! O Mountain of Divine Virtues! "O Lord with the sharp and valorous Vel; O Mountain (embodiment) of Virtues, Who embraced (married) the

lightning-creeper- like Valli Devi of the hunter caste! Not meditating on Thy Feet, should I totally perish of ignorance! Is it fair, O Lord , is it justice?" Detailed Commentary: Murugan's Vel explained & the definition of Ignorance The Vel is sharp and valorous. It is sure in its aim. It pierced the Krauncha mountain (Asura) and killed Surapadman and his brothers. The Vel represents Jnana (knowledge), which alone can destroy ignorance. Ignorance is absence of knowledge (understanding) . To take the things of the world as real and to forget the Omnipresence of the Lord, and thereby suffer, is ignorance. The Lord is an embodiment of virtues. If we meditate on Him, we will imbibe all virtuous qualities form Him and our ignorance will vanish. Skanda Puranam: Significance of Murugan embracing Valli The Lord embraced Valli. Valli was of divine origin but brought up by

hunters — low-caste forest-dwellers. The Jiva, too, is of Divine origin but caught up in the body-mind net of Prakriti. The Lord's embracing Valli denotes that He accepts the Jivas that meditate on Him and take refuge in Him. Again, Valli Devi is compared to a creeper and the Lord to a mountain — a beautiful smile. Creepers branch out and spread over mountain-slope, to which the latter lends its support. Even so, to the Jivas that resort to or depend on the Lord, the virtue-mountain, He gives His help and grace. Detailed explanation of above verse "O Lord, because of ignorance, I do not think of your Lotus-Feet. I do not meditate on You. But, on that account should I perish, should I be denied your grace? Is it becoming of your divine nature to withhold your grace from me? (No.) Did you not go in search of Valli Devi, embrace her and marry her? What was the worth in her, except

that she loved you in her heart? Then why not bless me also, who offers prayers to you? Not only that; You are an embodiment of virtues and therefore, you cannot say, `I won't bless you. You should suffer as you have not thought of Me.' Where is your virtue or divine nature then? If the bestowal of your grace on me depends on my fitness, where is the question of grace then? How can you be called a virtue-mountain? O Lord, you have no justification to deny your blessing to me," thus does Arunagirinathar plead for the Lord's grace and the Lord has no arguments or grounds to withhold His grace. So pathetically the saint beseeches the Lord. ...more in skandagurunatha website Courtesy: www.skandagurunatha .org

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