Sambantar's Crique of Astrologyமரபு விக்கி இருந்துUlagankmy (பேச்சு | பங்களிப்புகள்) பயனரால் செய்யப்பட்ட 12:09, 10 பெப்ரவரி 2013 அன்றிருந்தவாரான திருத்தம் Translation and commentary by Dr K.Loganathan
veeyuRutooLi pangkan vidamuNda kaNdan நேரிய மூங்கிலைப் போன்ற வடிவான தோள்களை உடைய உமையை தன் சரிபாதியாக வைத்துக் கொண்டு ஆலகால விஷத்தை உண்டு தன் கண்டத்தில் நிறுத்தி உலகு அழியாது காக்கின்ற இறைவன், நல்லிசையைக் கிளப்பவல்ல நல்லவோர் வீணையை மீட்டியவாறும், எவ்வித குறையும் இல்லாத இளம்பிறையையும் வற்றாதோடும் கங்கையை தன் முடிமேல் வைத்தவாறும் என் உளம் புகுந்து நிற்கின்றான். ஆகையால் வாழ்க்கையில் மக்களுக்கு தீங்கு செய்வனவாக கூறப்படும் ஞாயிறு திங்கள் செவ்வாய் புதன் வியாழன் வெள்ளி சனி ஆகியவற்றோடு பாம்பின் வெளிப்பாடுகளா¡கிய இராகுவும் கேதுவும் இவ்வாறு வரக்கூடிய இடர்பாடுகளை தராது மாற்றி நல்லதே உதவும் நல்ல சத்திகளாக, மிக நல்ல சத்திகளாக உண்மையான அடியார்களுக்கு ஆய்நிற்கும் BEING who has as HIS equal half the WOMAN, the Umai of bamboo-like frame has implanted Himself within me in the archetypal forms as the ONE who plays the faultless Veena, and as the ONE wearing the pure Half Moon and Ganges on His tuft. And because of this for devout people (like me) the forces like the NjayiRu (Sun) , TingkaL( Moon) Cevvaay ( Mars), putan( Mercury ) viyaazan (Jupiter), VeLLi (Venus), Sani (Saturn) and the Snakes Ragu and Keetu will NOT do anything evil but only good, the really good. Another added reason to reject these astrological planets being identified with astronomical planets is that the SNAKES Ragu and Kethu are also considered as astrological while there do not exist anything equivalent to them in the sky circulating in definite orbits. The mention that these as SNAKES gives a clue as to their REAL nature: they are forms of KUNDALINI, the Libidinal Force for it is as Snake that it makes its appearance in dreams and mythologies. Thus it also makes it clear that the astrological planets are MYTHOLOGICAL and hence something that are encountered in dreams and dream-like experiences. They are, in other words, ARCHETYPAL FORMS of a peculiar kind that are in the world and also in the mind and body of the people. Here we should recall that Sani is understood by the Siddhas as the Anava Malam appearing as this astrological figure in dreams and mythologies but actually a force of destruction and disintegration that also exists in the body and most probably in the spinal cord and which ultimately is the cause of death. With this understanding of what are in fact these astrological bodies , we can understand better the claims of Sambantar. BEING as the ONE who has the WOMAN as HIS equal half is BEING with the WHOLE of KUNDALINI, the Cauldron of ALL the POWERS, of ALL ENERGY for she is PARASAKTI, the transcendental POWER. And He appearing as the ONE playing the VEENA shows that HE can be BENIGN and KIND and who can WILL happiness and pleasures for the souls through the fine arts and so forth, i.e through aesthetics. That He is the BLUE throated shows that HE , and only He can swallow and keep in the throat this death and miseries bringing aaNava malam, that which destroys everything by eating up every libidinal energy transforming it into nothingness. The archetypal forms wearing the crescent moon and the Ganges are the forms that can bless one with longevity, virility, vitality , good health and so forth, ie. that which CONTINUES the supply of KUNDALINI in an uninteruppted manner. Now it becomes clear why the PRESENCE of these archetypal forms in the BODY and MIND can tranform the socalled astrological forces and into those that bring only the good for the really devout. என்பொடு கொம்பொடு ஆமை மார்பிலங்க enpodu kompodu aamai maarpilangka உடல் உறுதியைத் தரவல்ல என்பு மாலையையும், மனவுறுதியொடு போராடு திறனைத் தரவல்ல கொம்பொடு, ஆழ்கடலைப் போன்ற ஆழுள்ளம் அஞ்சாது திரிதர உதவும் ஆமையும் நித்திய சூரிகளாக மார்பிலங்க, விடல் வெள்ளேறு ஏறி உமையோடு பொன்பொதி கழுத்துமாலையையும் கங்கையையும் அணிந்து என் உளம் புகுந்து சிவபெருமான் நீங்காது நிற்கும் அப்பேற்றால், சோதிடிகள் கூறும் ஆயில்யம் மகம் விசாகம் கேட்டை திருவாதிரை இவற்றுடன் பரணி கார்த்திகை பூரம் சித்திரை சுவாதி பூராடம் பூரட்டாதி ஆகிய பன்னிரண்டு நாண்மீன்களும் அன்புடன் நல்லவே செய்யும், சிவனடியார்க்கு அவை மிக நல்லனவே யாகும் BEING has implanted Himself as the ONE wearing the garland of bones that gives bodily strength, the sharp horns that gives the mental courage to combat, and the turtle that allows the exploring the Unconscious , the Dark Ocean, unafraid. HE has also implanted Himself riding the BULL with the WOMAN as His equal half wearing golden chains on the neck and Ganges in the tuft. With BEING present as such within me, the different astronomically calculated days times and seasons can only be good and loving , can only DO good for the devotees of Civa. enpodu : the garland of bones Commentary: It is NEITHER the stars under which one is born NOR the configurations of stars that hold in the sky when something is undertaken that determines the success or failure in life but rather the GRACE. The actions that gain the Grace of BEING result in good consequences and otherwise the bad. And as such for those who are sincere in their LOVE for BEING-as-CIVA, such a gaining of Grace is assured and so are the benevolent and benign consequences. It is here that Sambantar shows himself as a profound depth psychologist and a supreme master of Hermeneutic Semiotics. For he mentions certain archetypal forms of BEING, the presence of which in the bosom will ensure that one does only the RIGHT kind actions and thus AVOID the evil that would result in the experiencing of disasters, failures and miseries of all kinds. It is the ACTONS that one executes that determines the fate and nothing else. The garland of bones ensures a body frame in excellent condition, the skeleton not giving way to the rapacity of time whereby old age creeps in and the bones become hard inflexible and rigid, making it rather difficult to execute actions in general. The Kombu, the sharp horns, ensures the presence of COURAGE and hence the spirit and determination to fight against all kinds of evils in society , something possible only if the physical frame is firm, strong and mobile. Such actions , even though may appear as violant, are in fact puNNIyam, the ethically right and hence of the type that would gain the Grace of BEING. The turtle represents the desire for the exploration of the Unconscious and gaining CLARITY about the hidden and CONCEALED aspects of reality-- the exploration of mythical world and bringing them through hermeneutic interpretive studies into CONSCIOUSNESS so that in the end there is NOTHING of the unconscious in the person. Such actions, that which pertain to learing of the Gamma-type in Agamic Psychology is also deemed the RIGHT kinds of actions, the morally meritorious and hence actions that earn the Grace of BEING. The BULL and the WOMAN , the Ganges and so forth are related to the flooding of the inner recesses with Kundalini, the consequensces of the right kind of actions as the above. And here the chain of gold on the neck , a new symbolism , means HAPPINESS, the happiness of PURE spirituality, a happiness that does not EVAPORATE like so many worldy pleasures. Thus Sambantar is very clear: Do the right kinds of actions for being happy and prosperous in the world, such things are NOT determined by the cluster of stars in the sky. உருவளர் பவளமேனி ஒளி நீறணிந்து uruvaLar pavaLameeni oLi niiRaniNtu செவ்வொளிக் கதிர்ப்பு மிகுந்துகொண்டே செல்லும் உருவளர் பவளமேனியில் தோன்றி , அதிசுத்தம் எனக்காட்டும் ஒளிர்கின்ற திருநீறு அணிந்து அதனின் உமையம்மையை ஒருவாது உடன் வைத்து வெள்ளை விடலேறுமேல் திகழ்ந்து, சிவஞானத் தெளிவின் வழி மனமகிழ்ச்சியை அனைவருக்கும் அருளும் முருகலர் கொன்றை மலரையும் அமுதப் பொலிவின் இளம்பிறையையும் முடிமேல் அணிந்து இறைவன் என் அகபுகுந்து இருக்கின்றான். ஆதலின் செல்வச் செழிப்பின் உலக இன்பத்தின் திருமகளும், கிளைமானாகிய கலையைத் தன் ஊர்தியாகக் கொண்டு கடுமையாக உழைப்பார்க்கு வெற்றியைத் தருகின்ற செயமாதும், உலக இன்பம் தரும் பூமிதேவியும் இன்னும் ஏனைய திசை தெய்வங்களாகிய பிறவும், மிகவும் அருமையாகிய திருநெறி வழி கொண்டு செல்வதின் அவை அடியார்க்கு நல்லவையே செய்யும், மிக நல்லவே செய்யும் சத்திகளாம். நெறி> நெதி BEING in HIS ever growing radiant form ,wearing the glowing ashes that indicate absolute purity and because of which HE has the WOMAN as His half riding the PURE BULL of undiminishing Virility, and wearing the golden konRai flowers that signify happiness through metaphysical illuminations and the crescent moon that bestows youthful virility has implanted Himself as such in my heart. And hence the POWER that blesses one with all the happiness, the Laxmi, the POWER that grants success in every undertaking, the Durga who rides the male deer and all other divinities that populate the world will do only the good for the devout people for trust in these divinities can lead one only on the right WAY that remaiins something rare for the most. uruvaLar pavaLameeni: the evergrowing radiant Form, red in colour Commentary But what is the relevance of this to the theme of this pathikam? Believe in Asrology and Cotidam and so forth are FALSE religions, religions that can only MISLEAD one and hence something that should be discarded by the truly devoted and who should trust only the gods. But why this so? What explanation does Sambantar provide for justifying this claim? But what is the WEALTH in this journey? Youthful vitality and undying VIRILITY as the favour of the BULL, mental and physical health as favoured by the crescent moon, metaphysical illuminations that really please the soul and become the source of boundless happines as indicated by the brilliant KonRai flowers and growing PURITY of the mind and Supreme BLISS that emanates from this as indicated by the glowing ashes and the evergrowing radiant Form of BEING. In all humility we must submit ourselves to be guided along by the divine powers for only they can guide us along the WAY unfailingly. மதிநுதன் மங்கையோடு வடபாலிருந்து matinutan mangkaiyoodu vadapaaliruntu இளம்பிறைபோன்ற அழகிய கண்களை ஆகவே என்றும் மாறா இளமையின் மங்கையோடு ஆலமரத்தின் கீழ் தட்சிணாமூர்த்தி கோலத்தில் அமர்ந்து சின்முத்திரை வழி சிவஞானபோதமாகிய மறைஞானத்தை அனைவருக்கும் ஓதிகொண்டே இருக்கும் எங்கள் பரமன், அழுக்குகளைக் கழுவிப் போக்கும் ஆகாய கங்கையையும் ஆன்மாக்களுக்கு உளவுற்சாகத்தையும் தரும் கொன்றை மாலையும் முடிமேல் அணிந்த நற்கோலத்தில் என் உளம் புகுந்து நிற்கின்றான். அதனின் மரணாவத்தைத் தந்து மரணத்திற்கே இட்டுச் செல்லும் உடலின் வெப்பத்தைனை மிகுக்கும் காலன் அக்னி மற்றும் நமனுடைய ஏனைத் தூதுவர்கள் குணம் மாறி அதிகுண நல்ல சத்திகளாகவே அடியார் தமக்கு ஆவர், மிக நல்ல சத்திகளாகவே அவை மாறும். The notion of TRUTH in metaphysics is NOT just logical and epistemological but also of true happiness arising through mental and physical health. The journey along the TRUE WAY, the TiruneRi, is a journey in which one does NOT succumb to diseases , both of the mind and body. The WAY is the way that ensures only the presence of the DIVINE forces and hence the benign that do only the good. But how should the WAY ensure good mental and physical health? Metaphysical illumination is the ONLY thing that can FREE the anmas from the hold of aaNavam and hence from these death-bringing forces of evil, the Satanic forces. Where there is LIGHT, the Darkness will disappear on its own accord. Thus the WAY is the way of metaphysical illuminations, the way in which the deeper and hidden recesses of the mind are reached and flooded with LIGHT and thus get illuminated. Those who persist in their journey along this WAY resolutely, will have their inner and deeper self also illuminated so that in the end there is NOTHING of the Uconscious in their understanding., Nothing of the Darkness in the mind. But how is possible? For here we have BEING, always YOUTHFUL because with the ever youthful WOMAN, and sitting beneath the Bothi Tree forever INSTRUCTING all the souls on Civanjaanam, the Absolute Illumination, sitting in Deep Silence and using on the Cin Muttirai as the langage of communication. He also has Ganges to cleanse and refresh and the konRai flowers to bless with cheerful disposition. Thus Sambantar reasons: if one travels along this WAY, the WAY in which BEING Himself ILLUMINATES the mind and drives all the evil forces within, what is there to worry about diseases and death? நஞ்சணி கண்டன் எந்தை மடவாள் தனோடும் nanjcaNi kaNdan entai madavaaL tanoodum உலகத்தில் அழிவிற்கெல்லாம் காரணமாகிய ஆலகால விசம் என்னும் நஞ்சை தன் ஆதிக்கத்தின் கீழ் வைக்கும் கருத்தில் தன் கண்டத்திலேயே இருத்தும் எந்தை, அதற்கு உதவும் என்றும் மாறா இளமையின் மடவாளாகிய உமையம்மையோடு வீரியத்தின் விடல்வெள்ளேறு ஏறும் எங்கள் பரமன், அடர்த்தியாகிய உயிர்கள் செழித்து நலமே வளருவதைக் காட்டும் வன்னி மரத்தின் இலைகளை முடிமேல் அணிந்து என் உளமே புகுந்து அங்கே நீங்காது வீற்றிருக்கின்றான். இதனால் நல்லார்களை கடுமையாகக் கண்டிக்கும் வெஞ்சின அவுணர்களும் இயற்கையின் சீற்றத்தால் எழும் உரும் இடி மின்னல் புயல் போன்றவற்றாலும் அடியார் அவர்கட்கு எந்த இன்னல்களும் இல்லை; அவை அஞ்சி நல்ல நல்ல சக்திகளாகவே உருமாறும். BEING with witholding the deadly poison that is the source every desrtruction in the world in His throat and always with the eternally youthful WOMAN and mounting the Pure BULL of infinite Virility , has implanted Himself within me wearing the dense leaved Vanni tree. Because of this the devotees of BEING as such, get freed from the afflictions of the forces of evil as well as the natural calamities arising from thunder lightnings and so forth. These forces get tranformed into the benign and do only the good for those who are really devoted. nanjcaNi kaNdan entai madavaaL tanoodum vidiyeeRu nangkaL paraman : The BEING who is blue-throated , my Father mounting the Pure Bull along with the eternally youthful Woman Commentary: Sambantar must have met individuals who are devil-incarnate for there were several threats to his life. We see this even to-day where religious fanaticism holds sway and makes people devilish , inhuman where killing is NOT seen as something evil, as something that a truly religious person shouldn't do. Such paranoic individuals are really the avuNars, archetypal forces like the devils and ghosts. Nature loosing its balance and hence BOILING or erupting into violance is also another phenomena like this. All these are EXCESSES-- mikai-- and what is required is BALANCING and it is BEING again who can bring about this balancing and ensuring the forces of destruction do not become the REIGHNING forces and the world given over the devils. And it is here that certain archetypal forms of BEING and HIS presence in the heart become relevant. The Blue-throated Form is a form of BEING where he keeps the forces of detruction, understood metaphorically as the POISON , INSIDE HIM but stopped at the level of the throat. This is NOT allowing to reach the belly and hence allowing it to be efficacious. The poison is STAYED and NOT allowed to be efficacious in its function of killing. And this is possible only if there is INFINITE VIRILITY as symbolised by the Pure Bull and which CANNOT be mounted unless the etrnal youthful WOMAN is kept by the side. For it is Kundalini and it emerges initially only as the sexual libido and hence only when the youthful WOMAN is around. வாள்வரிய தளதாடை வரிகோவணத்தர் vaaLvari ataLataadai varikoovaNattar வாளைப் போன்ற கூரிய வரிகள் நிறைந்த பிலித்தோல் ஆடையொடு , வரிகோவணத்தோடும் ஆகவே சினத்தைத் தூண்டவல்லவனாக இறைவன் மடவாள் தன்னோடும், ஒளி நிறைந்ததும் மனமகிழ்ச்சியைத் தரவல்லதுமான வன்னி கொன்றை மலர்களோடு சக்தி ஊட்டத்தின் கங்கையையும் சூடி என் உளம் புகுந்து ஆங்கே பிரதிட்டையாகி நிற்கின்ற திறத்தால், மானிடப்பண்புகளை எல்லாம் இழந்து கொடூர விலங்குகளாக, கடுந்திறல் புலி கொலையானை பன்றி சிங்கம் நாகம் கரடி போன்று விளங்கும் கொடியவர்களிடமிருந்து தீயன யாதும் நிகழா; சிவனடியார் அவர்கட்கு அவையும் நல்லதே செய்யும் BEING wearing as a dress the tiger's skin with swordlike strips and loins of similar nature, has implanted himself within me, along with the Woman wearing also the brilliant flowers of Vanni and KonRai and the Ganges. With the powers provided by BEING with this archetypal forms, there is nothing to fear from people who degenerate to the level of beasts that kill like the fierce tigers, wild elephants, wild boars, lions, serpents and bears. For devout people even these beastly forces will turn out to be benign. vaaLvari atalataadai : wearing the the skin of tiger with sharp stripes Sambantar met the challenge and as History would show attained victory by his bravery astuteness and brilliance. It is against this that we have to look at the meaning of BEING wearing tiger -skin garments with sword-like stipes , a metaphor or an archetypal form that emerges also in dreams. The tiger skin with sword-like strips is a yantra of a kind which when implanted by BEING in the hearts of people , would make them flare up in intense anger and thus become very courageous and ready to FIGHT the evil and bestly individuals.. Angry words and outburts lead to violance and hence clashes of a severe kind where people involved lose their cool and become beastly given over to forces of destruction. Thus such individuals fight each other and try KILL each other and victory belongs to those favored by BEING. This is also the "Pali Teertal " that Sambantar mentions elsewhere-- BEING demanding "sacrifice" to bring back sanity into the world again by eliminating the insane and beastly. செப்பிளமுலை நன்மங்கை ஒருபாகமாக ceppiLamulai nanmangkai orupaakamaaka செம்புகளைப் போன்ற பெரும் கொங்கைகளின் நன்மங்கையாகத் தோன்றும் உமையம்மையை தன் ஒருபாகமாகக்கொண்டு, வீரியக் காளையாகிய விடை வெள்ளேறு ஏறும் சிவபெருமான், அடைவாக கொங்கைகளுக்கு ஒப்பவரும் இளமதியையும் கங்கையையும் முடிமேல் அணிந்து என் உளமே புகுந்து அங்கு பிரதிட்டை ஆகி நிற்கும் காரணத்தால், யாண்டும் வேண்டிய அளவிற்கு குண்டலினி சக்தி பல்வேறு வடிவங்களில் பாய்ந்து சக்தி நிபாதம் தருவதால், காய்ச்சல் குளிர்சுரம் வாதம் மிகையாகும் பித்தம் இவற்றால் வரக்கூடிய பிணிகள் பொல்லாத வினைகளாக வந்து நலியத் தராது நல்லவாகவே மிகவும் நல்லவாகவே அடியார் அவர்கட்கு ஆகும் . BEING as Civa who appears always with the large breasted good young WOMAN and mounts the BULL of virility wearing the crescent Moon and Ganges on His tuft, has implanted Himself deep within me. And because of that as there will be endless flow of Kundalin in different shapes, the diseases such as fever cold nervous disorders mental disorders and so forth will NOT assail me as forces that oppress me. This is also the case for devoted people -- they become good really good. vidaiyeeRu celvan adaivaar: mounting the Bull having in aorderly manner, Commentary. The biological differentiation of creatures into Male and Female is NOT without a purpose. They are COMPLIMENTARY to each other and OUGHT to live together in love and hence without mutual hatred. Born as a male or a female there is ALREADY, because of this biological differentaition, sexual desires deep in the psyche and when it is DIVINELY regulated , in fact becomes the source of Kundalini Sakti, the source of Psychic Energy that provides the necessary strength to fight against all the mental and bodily diseases. A man and a woman living together in Deep Love is an insurance against untimely death due to mental and physical diseases. True religious life should NOT make celibates of people but rather make them LIVE as couples in TRUE , DEEP and ABIDING LOVE வேள்பட விழி செய்து விடைமேலிருந்து veLpada vizi ceytu vidaimeeliruntu அன்பின்வழி முயக்கம் அல்லாது கழிகாமவெறி வழி எழு முயக்கத்தினை விரும்பச் செய்யும் காமவேளாகிய மதனனை எரிக்கும் ஞானம் காட்டும் நுதல்விழி திறந்து அவனை எரித்து சாம்பலாக்கி அதனின் அளப்பரிய வீரியத்தின் விடலை வெள்ளேறுமேல் விழாதிருந்து இளமைப் பொலிவின் மடவாள் தன்னோடு யாண்டும் பிரியாது உடனாய், அமுதப் பொலிவின் வாள் மதியையும் வன்னி இலைகளையும் கொன்றை மலர்களையும் சூடியவாறும் இறைவன் என் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால், கழிகாம வெறியின் உருவாகிய ஏழ்கடல் இலங்கை அரையனாகிய இராவணன் வழியும் அவனைப் போன்றார் வழியும் வரக்கூடிய தீங்குகள் அடியார் அவர்கட்கு மெய்யாகாது விலகும் என்பதொடு அவை நல்லவை மிக நல்லவை ஆகும். The emergence of uncontrolled sexuality, sexual passions without love are the works of KamaveL, the Cupid. BEING burns of his antics with opening the Third Eye of metaphysical Wisdom and mounting the BULL of infinite virility along the eternally Youthful Woman, and wearing the Moon of soft glow, the Vanni leaves of abundance , the golden konRai flowers , has established Himself within me. And as such I will not be tortured by IRaavaNaa , the king of Lanka across the seas and noted for coveting the wives of others and such evil people. And for the devotees of BEING too they will turn out to be good, really good. Commentary: Sambantar with his characteristic depth psychological penetrations of a profound kind , now attends to the disasters that would befall one , should one be made blind to MORAL VALUES because one becomes a slave to excessive or immoderate sexuality, a sexuality that seeks sexual enjoyment without LOVE and hence without concern for ETHICS. Such sexual passions are always aroused by the Cupid, the MatanaveeL in Indian mythology. The IravaNa of Ramayana serves for the Nayanmars the model of an individual who is excessively ARROGANT and who as an act of such defiance does not worry at all about the ETHICAL regulations of behaviour especially that related to sexual enjoyment. The sexual enjoyment is made possible only within ETHICS and LOVE. When it is enjoyed through force, compulsion , abduction , deception , torture and so forth, then it becomes that which causes the FALL and hence that which brings about untold MISERIES of all kinds. First of all there is EMPTINESS, a vacuity due to absence of LOVE . Secondly there will be HATRED of Self as a consequence of being a beastly kind of individual. Thirdly because there is gaining of aaNavam, the Dark Stuff that kills, there will be diseases both mental and physical. The self torture that may follow and the lose of face in society will incapacitate the person deeply making him or her move around as if dead, spiritless, with all motivations killed. That which can secure and safeguard one from this disaster is the WISDOM that BEING makes possible through the Third Eye, that which illuminates the metaphysical realms, the realms of Mystery. We fall prey to immoderate sexual passions only because of our Metaphysical Ignorance . The more this ignorance the weaker we become towards sexuality and all other worldly desires that come along with them. The devotees of BEING, being always OPEN to be illuminated by the Third Eye and hence are NOT afraid of the Pilgrimage in the realms of Dark forces, the journey into one's own Unconscious, become strong and resist quite easily such unethical passions , and act always mindful of the ETHICS involved in whatever they do. They lead a life morally sensitive and hence easily avoid doing the immoral and unethical and thereby safeguard themselves against the disasters that are sure to follow if one fails. பலபல வேடமாகும் பரன் நாரிபாகன் palapala veedamaakum paran naaripaakan பக்குவ வேறுபாடு பலவுடைய ஆன்மாக்களுக்கு அவரவர் அறிவின் எல்லைக்குள் படும் வகையில் பல பல வேடங்கள் தாமே தன் கருணையின் எடுக்கும் பரன் , யாண்டும் உமையொரு பாகனாக வீரியத்தின் விடைமேல் ஏறும் பரமன், கங்கை வடிவத்து சலமகளோடும் எருக்கம் பூவினையும் முடிமேல் அணிந்து என் உளம் புகுந்து இருக்கின்றான். அதனால் ஞானநூற்களின் தெய்வமாகிய பிரமனும், அறிதுயில்வழி ஞானம் போதிக்கும் திருமாலும் ஏனைய ஞானமறைகளும் அவற்றின் அதிபதியாகிய தெய்வங்களும் , ஆன்மாக்களை காலவுணர்விலேயே நீங்காது படுத்தும் சக்திகள் பிறவும் , அரக்கர்களுக்குத் தென்படாது தெய்வங்களுக்கு மாத்திரம் தென்படும் அலைகடல் மேரு குன்றுபோல், அடியார்களுக்கு நல்ல வாகும், உண்மையில் மிக நல்லவாகும். BEING assumes different archetypal forms on His own to instruct each one of the creatures in accordance with their own cognitive maturity. Such a BEING, always with WOMAN as His Equal Half and mounted on the BULL, and having the Woman of Waters as the Ganges and wearing the Erukkam flowers has established Himself within me. As such the devotees who are graced thus will not Fall into the Snares of Time and hence the understanding within historicity of Brahma Thirumaal, and other deities of scriptures . The devotees enjoy being in Meru within the ocean, the Golden Hill that remains invisible to nondevotees but supremely visible to the devotees of Civa, Pure BEING. Thus they become harmless, really harmless for the devoted. palapala veedamaakum paran : BEING who assumes many different archetypal Forms Commentary: Sambantar attends here to the problem of Historicity and the need the transcend this in order to enjoy Civanjaanam that Saivism has come to empahsize at least from the time of Bakthi. The absolute illumination is trans-historical and hence beyond any understanding that remains temporical , still with Time as a fabrique of its understanding. As Meykandar has pointed out the Understanding of BEING is NOT CudduNarvu-- the the-tic consciousness, consciousness infected with temporality. One has to transcend Time consciousness of whatever form in order to enjoy the Unchanging and Supremely transparent Absolute Understanding , the Civanjaanam. The language of this Understanding that founds Metaphysica Universalis, is DEEP Silence. This means that it is beyond the reaches of the archetype of Brahma, also an archetypal form BEING assumes on His own accord , for Brahma , in illuminating the mind through scriptures also imprisions the mind in it thus preventing the transcendence towards the Deep Silence and enjoying Civanjaanam. There are many other such deities each with its own scripture , idealogy but all equally out to trap the mind within Time and thus making it impossible for the anma to enjoy the Civanjaanam. Sambantar claims that for the devotees of Civa, the Pure BEING, this realm of Timelessness and hence the Wisdom of the language of Deep Silence is a visible reality wherelse it is NOT so for the others. கொத்தலர் குழலியோடு விசையற்கு நல்கு kootalar kuzaliyoodu visaiyaRku walku வீரம் பொருந்திய விசயனுக்கு வீரம் காட்டியே அவன் செருக்கை அழிக்க , பூங்கொத்தணிந்த உமை அம்மையோடு உயர்வேடனாக வடிவுகொண்டு விசயனை வீழ்த்தி அவனது செருக்கினை அழித்து அருள்பாலித்தான் இறைவன். அந் நல்குணத்து அவன் இப்பொழுது ஊமத்தமலரும் பாதிமதியும் நாகமும் அணிந்து என் உளம்புகுந்து இருக்கின்றான். அதனால் அழிக்கும் சுத்தமாக்கும் திறத்து திருநீறு என்பால் இருக்க புத்தரொடு சமணர்களை வாதில் வெல்வது திடமே. இதனால் வாதப்போர்களில் தீங்குகள் இலவாக அவையும் என்பதொடு அவை நல்லவாக மிக நல்லவாக அடியார்கட்கு முடியும் BEING assumed the form of an excellent Hunter keeping by his side the WOMAN wearing a bunch of flowers to defeat the great warrior Arjuna to make him humble. Such a BEING with this predisposition, wearing the uumattam flowers along the crescent moon and the snake has come to stay within me. Because of that I have the Sacred Ashes that would ensure victory over intellectual disputes with the Buddists and Jains and as such there will no problems from such people. In fact for the devoted even such oppositions will turn out to be good, really good. kootalar kuzaliyoodu : with the WOMAN wearing a bunch of flowers Commentary. Sambantar was combative NOT physically but intellectually. He wanted to do the KaRbu Azippu, tha destruction of the unshakable confidence the Buddhists and the Jains had in their metaphysical understanding which was largely inimical for genuine Bakthi, having become arid and purely epistemological in course of time. They had to be challenged , and challenged most vigoruosly to DISCONTRUCT their believe systems, to shake them out of their complacency and ignorance. Such attempts require great strength of character, deep understanding and a daringness that we see so amply in the words and actions of Appar and Sambantar. Here we have an ANALYSIS of such pheneomena that are NOT peculiar to the Tamils of those times alone but something universal. There are always individuals in every society who rise to challenge the decadent conditions of the times and shaking the people out of their complacency and ignorance , disconstruct the current and allow something NEW to come to prevail. This simply shows that BEING graces, when there is a need for it, individuals with the combative spirit to FIGHT such arrogant individuals and through defeating them make them genuinely HUMBLE. Sambantar sees himself as one graced by BEING as such and because of that as one who has the Sacred Ash within him. But what is the significance of the Sacred Ash here? The intention to defeat the Buddhists and Jains is not to destroy them as such but to DEFEAT them in intellectual combats so that they too would become humble and Pure. These flowers signify the feeling of indifference, an attitude of not caring or worrying. Any combat requires this attitude. While in the thick of a duel if the heart melts and out of pity withdraws half way, the defeat to the full may NOT have taken place and the individuals may not be purified through being defeated and humuliated.. There must be some kind hard-heartedness in combats of this sort to the final good of breeding genuine humility. Sambantar 2-11 தேன் அமர் பொழில் கொள் ஆலை விளைசெந்நெல்துன்னி teen amar pozil koL aalai viLai cenneltunni இந்த பிரமாபுரமாவது நான்முகன் முதற்கொண்டு எல்லா தெய்வங்களும் நின்று உதவுதால், மக்களுக்கு இன்பம் தரவல்ல தேன் அமர் பொழிலும் கருப்பஞ்சாற்று ஆலைகளும் செல்வ வளர்ச்சிக்கு ஏதுவாகிய துன்னி மிக செழிப்பாக வளரும் செந்நெல் போன்ற தானியங்களும் நலமே வளர்கின்றன. இத்தகைய தெய்வங்களின் அருளைபெற்றவனாகிய அடியேன், மறைநூற்கள் கூறும் ஞானத்தையும், எவ்வித நூற்களுக்கும் அகப்படா மௌனமுத்திரையின் வழியாகவே இறையருளால் அறியலுறும் சிவஞானத்தையும் தேர்ந்துள்ள முனிவன் ஆகுவேன். அதனின் கோள்களும் நாள்களும் அடியாரை வந்து நலியா வண்ணம் பாடியுள்ள இப்பாடல்களை பொருள் உணர்ந்து ஓதும் அடியார்கள் தெய்வ உலகில் நலமே வாழ்வர். இது நமது ஆணையாகும் This temple of Piramapuram is the place where reside the deities from Brammah, the creator God and all others. As such the whole locaல்e is full honey flowers and sugar canes mills providing pleasures of all kinds for the peopலெ and full of gold earned by good harvestச் of rice and other crops. I have learned the scriptures as well as have enjoyed the Absolute Understanding that transcends all scriptures and hence a Munivan, the illuminated. With such an understnading I have composed these hymns to avoid the disasters from the planets and stars. Anyone who sings these hymns with understanding will not be assailed by such forces and would in fact lead a heavenly life without any sufferings. I decree this from my own understanding. teen amar pozil koL aalai viLai cenneltunni vaLar cempon engkum nikaza: with prosperity and luxury showing itself everywhere in terms of honeyed flower gardens , sugarcane mills, and richly yielding rice fields that bring gold Commentary. The first thing we should note here is that Sambantar says that the recommendations he makes in this patikam are his own, his decree and which means he is recommending this NOT because someone have done this authoritatively before but because he is doing it for the FIRST time. Thus he is effecting a mental revolution , a disconstruction of a very ancient belief , as ancient as the Sumerian times where the natural time spans were reckoned as either auscipious or inauspiciosu depending upon the clusters of stars and conglomeration of planets in the sky. This belief might have arisen because the ancients identified the heavenly objects as the divinities themselves, the Dingir, the god as well as the heavenly object. At that time in the evolution of human understanding the separation of deities from the planetory objects perhaps did not exist and astrology perpetuates this ancient conflation. It is this ancient believe system and all that come along associated with that that is being severely criticised by Sambantar here and perhaps for the FIRST time in India. This is disclosed by the fact that this recommendation comes from him and NOT from any body else , he is the authority for the TRUTH of this assertion and recommendation. But is he qualified to be so? Most certainly , he affirms. For he is a Munivan, the illuminated and NOT just the ordinary one but one who has fathomed the Depths of scriptures as well as TRANSCENDED them and enjoyed the Absolute Illumination, the njananm or Civanjaanam. As such if he is not authoritative who else can be? It is interesting that he describes a beautiful metaphor at the first few lines. The Piramapuram is full of the deities, Brahma and so forth. And because of that the country is full of economic prosperity and general hapiness among people all around. There are gardens full of honey blossoms, there are sugarcane mills that produce the sweet drinks. The rice fileds are thick with good yields. And these fetch gold and bring about economic prosperity. Thus in the understanding of Sambantar the economic prosperity and mental health of the people are the gifts of the gods. Chase away the gods with contempt and ridicule, poverty descends upon the land creating also miseries and sufferings of all kinds. When the deities are worshipped and respected and INSTALLED in the heart as well as in the nation, NO DISASTERS OF WHATEVER KIND will afflict the nation and the people. The gods will take care of that, including the evils that can be introduced by the stars and planets, if at all. |