Kandhar Anubhuti : Verse #42 - A state beyond knowledge and ignorance

 

குறியைக் குறியாது குறித்து அறியும் 

நெறியைத் தனிவேலை நிகழ்த்திடலும் 

செறிவு அற்று, உலகோடு உரை சிந்தையும் அற்று 

அறிவு அற்று, அறியாமையும் அற்றதுவே (42)

kuriyai kuriyathu kuriththu ariyum

neriyai thani velai nigazhthidalum

serivu atrtu ulagodu urai sinthayum atru

arivu atru ariyamaiyum atrathuve (42)

குறியைக் - The objective (of Final Realization or Unification with Lord Murugan)

குறியாது குறித்து - Focus deeply ignoring external environment

அறியும் நெறியைத் - The Path that is Revealed by Knowledge

தனிவேலை - The Lord who wields the Spear

நிகழ்த்திடலும் - Revealing from inside

உலகோடு  செறிவு அற்று - Bonds with people and things of the world, removed

உரை சிந்தையும் அற்று - Ability to speak, removed

அறிவு அற்று - Objective knowledge, removed

அறியாமையும் அற்றதுவே - Ignorance removed

Short Meaning

With intense focus of acquiring the Supreme Knowledge, which causes Union with Supreme Lord Murugan, ignoring the external distractions from the world, with His Grace, The Lord who wields the Spear of Knowledge, revealed the Path to me from Inside. Once this liberating knowledge was revealed, my bonds with this world were removed, ability to communicate the experience was removed, all existing objective knowledge of the world was removed, and most importantly, my ignorance (identifying this body, world as real) was also removed

Gloss

In the last few verses, Sri Arunagirinathar focuses deeply on the knowledge that liberates!

Vedas unambiguously say Knowledge (obtained from a qualified Guru) alone liberates. Who can be a greater Guru than the Guru of Lord Shiva, Sri Swaminatha Swami?

A sadhaka, with a deep desire to be liberated, performs a penance, with deep focus (குறியாது குறித்து) on achieving the final knowledge that liberates (குறியைக்). 

Penance is necessary, but Grace is absolutely necessary. 

Bhandasura, the Asura who opposed Sri Lalita Mahatripura Sundari, Mother Goddess was made from the ashes from which Manmatha was burnt by Lord Shiva. When someone made an image of a person with this ash, this idol got life and started to wonder what to do. Lord Brahma while passing by, apparently send 'tapa: tapa:' - Do penance! do penance! - This made the inanimate idol do penance, and became the Asura entire Universe trembled at! 

The idea here is to say, impossible powers and things can happen with penance. A Yogi, with a deep desire to be liberated doesn't squander his effort (Sadhana) into powers or material things. However, He focuses on the desire to be liberated. 

When the effort is directed, and selfless, Lord Subrahmanya's Grace descends and the Supreme Knowledge which cuts all bonds and liberates, and causes Union (Yoga / Anubhuti) with Skanda is revealed. 

Sri Arunagiri very beautifully says "தனிவேலை நிகழ்த்திடலும் " - This means that the Lord who Wields the Spear reveals the knowledge from inside. 

Lalitha Sahasranama says 'Antarmukha Samaradhya; Bahirmukha Sudurlabha' - Meaning, One who is achieved by inner path, and impossible to be reached by searching outside. 

Here, Sri Arunagiri says, this knowledge of Self resides within one self and is revealed by the Lord by His Grace

Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi says, 

Hurdaya Guhara Madhye [In the center of the Cave of the Heart]

Kevalam Brahma Matram [Supreme Brahman Alone]

Aham Aham iti [With the Feeling 'I', 'I']

Sakshat Atma Rupena Bhati [Shines in the Form of Self]

Bhagawan says that the Self is non different from Supreme Brahman [Interestingly, Bhagwan sometimes has revealed that He is an incarnation of Lord Subrahmanya]

Once this happens, a Yogi can no longer have a regular relationship with the world:

1. All material bonds with people and things in the world are cut

2. Ability to speak (use the mind) is cut

3. Objective knowledge of the world is removed

4. Ignorance is obliterated