Kandhar Anubhuti : Verse #45 - Lord, you give me the Knowledge, directly!

 

கரவாகிய கல்வி உளார் கடை சென்று 

இரவா வகை மெய்ப் பொருள் ஈகுவையோ? 

குரவா, குமரா, குலிசாயுத, குஞ் 

சரவா, சிவயோக தயாபரனே (45)

karavagiya kalvi ular kadai sendru

irava vagai meipporul eeguvaiyo?

kurava kumara kulisayutha kun

jarava sivayoga dayabarane! (45)

கரவாகிய கல்வி உளார்  - Learned folks who don't want to share

கடை சென்று - to go to them

இரவா வகை - and request

மெய்ப் பொருள் - The ultimate truth

ஈகுவையோ - Will you give me?

குரவா - The True Guru

குமரா - Eternal youth

குலிசாயுத - One who wields the Vajrayutha

குஞ்சரவா - Consort of Mother Deivayanai

சிவயோக தயாபரனே - The benevolent One who grants the ultimate knowledge of Union with Shiva (Shiva Yoga)

Short Meaning

Oh Lord, I do not wish to seek the Supreme Knowledge of Self from those learned folks who hide this from others. Why don't you, The Supreme Lord, the Perfect Guru, The Eternal Youth, The consort of Mother Deivayanai give me the knowledge of Shiva Yoga that will liberate me?

Gloss

Sri Arunagirinathar, here seems to be upset with folks who hoard the knowledge of the Self. It is the folks who haven't realized their Self, but full with bookish knowledge who try to hoard knowledge and not share. 

So, he implores Lord Muruga to avoid a situation (கடை சென்று இரவா வகை) where he asks for this knowledge from selfish learned folks (கரவாகிய கல்வி உளார் )

He then asks 'Will you not give me the Knowledge yourself?' (மெய்ப் பொருள் ஈகுவையோ)

He then extolls Lord Murugan as :

1. The Greatest of Gurus (குரவா)

2. The eternal youth, Kumara! (குமரா) - Time has no effect on the Lord. Sri Vishnu Sahasaranamam says Lord is Bhootha - Bhavya - Bhavath - Prabhu: (The Lord of Past Present and future)

Time is nothing but a minute dimension for the Lord. He controls time, and not otherwise. So, Lord appears always as an eternal youth, untouched by time

3. Lord also wields the Vajrayutham (The one also wielded by Indra) - This was given to Lord Murugan during the marriage of Deivayanai 

4. Consort of Mother Deivayanai (குஞ்சரவா) - Deivayanai was raised playing with Airavatha, the elephant of Indra. This word could mean One who was raised by Elephant

5. The benevolent One who grants the ultimate knowledge of Union with Shiva (Shiva Yoga) (சிவயோக தயாபரனே )

The Greatest knowledge of the Self is called Shiva Yoga and Lord Murugan is the One who grants us the same.