மதிகெட்டு அறவாடி, மயங்கி, அறக்
கதிகெட்டு, அவமே கெடவோ கடவேன்?
நதி புத்திர, ஞான சுகாதிப, அத்
திதி புத்திரர் வீறு அடு சேவகனே (50)
mathi kettu aravadi mayangi ara
kathi kettu avame kedavo kadaven?
nadhi puththira jnana sugathipa ath
thithi puthirar veeru adu sevagane (50)
மதிகெட்டு அறவாடி - With intellect corrupted
மயங்கி - deluded
அறக் கதிகெட்டு - missing the righteous path
அவமே கெடவோ கடவேன்? Will I be destined to be destroyed?
நதி புத்திர - Son of Ganga!
ஞான சுகாதிப, - Lord of Knowledge
அத் திதி புத்திரர் - Sons of Athithi (Asuras)
வீறு அடு சேவகனே - Destroyer of their Strength
Short Meaning
Will I stray away from the righteous path and destined to be destroyed due to my spoilt intellect? Oh Lord Muruga, son of Ganges! Lord of Knowledge! One who destroyed the strength of Asuras, the sons of Aditi!
Gloss
In this verse, Sri Arunagirinathar, fears that he may get deluded (மயங்கி) due to a corrupted intellect (மதிகெட்டு அறவாடி) and miss the righteous path that will lead him to the path of Union with Lord Murugan.
He asks am I destined to be destroyed? (அவமே கெடவோ கடவேன்?)
This is actually also the Grace of Guru, Sri Arunagiri. He clearly knows that he is in the grasp of Lord Murugan and already got Anubhuti - Out of pure Grace, he writes this for the devotees who are yet to cross the ocean of birth and death.
People may sing / read this verse thousands of time without realizing the associated anguish expressed by the author. But, one day, when the time is ripe, the soul will truly cry out instead of just verbalizing this.
There is a similar incident with the greatest Acharya of recent times, Sri Chandrashekara Bharati of Shringeri Mutt.
Once He was doing Lalitha Sahasranama Archana (offering flowers chanting 1000 names of Sri Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari)
>> janma mrityu jara tapta jana vishranti dayini.
This verse describes the 851st name of Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam - "She who offers rest to the souls who are pained due to repeated cycles of birth-death-old age"
When Acharya took the flower in His hand to offer after chanting this name, He apparently held the flower up in His hand for 40 mins with tears continuously flowing from His eyes. Though Acharya was a liberated soul, He must have felt the weight of His previous births and How Mother gave Him Mukti and liberated Him. Million Prostrations to the Acharya who was walking divinity (no amount of words can share my personal respect (for the lack of my vocabulary) for Acharya Sri Chandrashekara Bharati
In this verse, Sri Arunagirinathar, displays his apprehension of missing the right path and falling off his Union with Murugan
In Verse 46, Sri Arunagiri addresses Murugan as Son of Uma (umaiyal maintha) - In this Verse, Sri Arunagiri calls Murugan as Son of River (Ganges) (நதி புத்திர )
When Shiva emitted 6 fire balls from His third eye, they could not be put anywhere on earth or the the earth would be burnt completely. So, Agni (Lord of Fire) takes the 6 balls and lands them on Mother Ganges who flows from the Head of Lord Shiva. Mother Ganges in her infinite kindness was able to hold the 6 fire balls which developed into 6 babies, which were nursed by 6 kritika ladies (Krittika / Karthikai stars). And, Mother Parvati (Uma) hugged all of them at once and they became one Shanmukha! (One body, 6 faces)
Since Mother Ganges received all the six fireballs and evolved them into six babies, Mother Ganges is also considered mother of Sri Subrahmanya
Another interesting way how Sri Arunagiri addresses Lord Murugan here is Jnana Sukadhipa (ஞான சுகாதிப)! He addresses Murugan as Lord of Knowledge and Bliss. Bliss is the consequence of Knowledge (Jnana) - This is beautifully called out in the last verse of Sri Arunachala Pancharatnam by Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi
arunāchala tvayi sukhē magnah
Hey Arunachala! They reside in you, immersed in Bliss! (note the use of the word Sukha: in Sanskrit same as Suka in Tamil in this verse)
Finally, Sri Arunagiri addresses the Lord as "அத் திதி புத்திரர் வீறு அடு சேவகனே" - Asuras and Devas were born from same father (Kashyapa), but different Mothers. Asuras were born for Diti and Devas for Aditi. In this verse, Sri Arunagiri calls out that Lord Murugan, to protect Devas, fought with Asuras and completely destroyed their strength.
Similarly, Sri Arunagirinathar, seeks Lord's help to fight his base tendencies to keep him in the path to Self Realization
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