The Psychoanalysis of Appar - Part 10

No Insights  Unless BEING Graces the Soul

How do we get the deep insights into the mysteries surrounding the every day occurrences particularly the sexual that draws the attention of all, positively or negatively? 

Research studies,  deep thinking,  yogic meditations,  analysis of the details,  dialogues, discussions, reading and reflecting and so forth are not sufficient, it would appear from this verse of Appar.

We can ask thousands of questions, think very hard logically, creatively and what not but despite all these, the illuminating insights may be elusive, throwing us into perplexity, frustrations, anxiety and even anger. For such redeeming insights are a GIFT,  a BLESSING and only the deserving are engraced with it.

BEING conceals Himself and such deep insights with an activity called Transcendental Concealment, the Tirotakam, the casting of a screen. This screen can be removed only by BEING and only then we can witness the Deepest Truth, as we do the Deity in the Sanctum Sanctorum only after the priest pulls aside the screen.

The deserving condition is the Pakkuvam, the readiness to witness and understand. The truth about the genesis of sexuality is the understanding that would FREE the anma from phenomenal circulation and such a redemption will not be granted to every body no matter how arduously they seek it. Only a person who can stand a life of no sexuality, will be able to understand and appreciate the roots of the sexual instinct itself and only to such individuals the truth will be disclosed.

10

திங்கள் மதிக்கண்ணியானைத் தேமொழி யாளொடும் பாடி

எங்கு அருள் நல்குங்கொல் எந்தை எனக்கினி என்னா வருவேன்

அங்கு இள மங்கையர் ஆடும் ஐயாறு அடைகின்ற போது

பைங்கிளிப் பேடையொடாடி பறந்து வருவன கண்டேன்       கண்டேன் அவர் திருப்பாதம் கண்டறியாதன கண்டேன்

உரை:

முதிரா இளந்திங்களை சிரசில் சூடிய கண்ணியாகக் கொண்டு சந்திரசேகரனாகக் காட்சி தரும் சிவபெருமானை, நல்ல மகளிர்களை இனிமையாகப் பேசத் தந்து ஆடவர்களை உவப்பிக்க அருள் புரியும் தேமொழியாளாகிய உமை அம்மையோடு இணைத்து பாடியவாறு, இவ்வளவு பாடுபட்டப் பிறகு இன்றாவது எனக்கு மெய்ஞானம் அருளி என்னைக் கரைசேர்ப்பான் கொல் என்று சொல்லியவாறு, அழகிய இளம் மங்கையர் சதிராடி இறைவனையும் மக்களையும் உவப்பிக்கும் ஐயாறு அடைகின்ற போது, அங்கு பைங்கிளிகள் தத்தம் பேடைகளோடு இணந்து மகிழ்ச்சிப் பெருக்கில் ஆடியவாறு விண்ணில் பறந்து வருவன கண்டேன். அதுபொழுது ஊனக் கண்ணால் காண்டற்கு அரிதாகிய சிவபெருமான் நாதவிந்துக்களை பெண்ணென ஆணென உயிரினங்கள் எழுமாறு அசைத்தாடும் ஆனந்தத் தாண்டவத்து திருப்பாதங்களை ஞானக்கண்ணிற் கண்டேன்; அதுவரையிலும் நான் கண்டறியாதிருந்த ஆழ் உண்மைகளைக் கண்டு மகிழ்ந்தேன்.

10.

tiGkaL matik kaNNiyaanait teemozi yaaLodum paadi

eGku aruL nalkuGkol entai anakkini ennaa varuveen

aGku iLam magkaiayar aadum AiyaaRu adaikinRa pootu

paiGkiLip peedaoyodaadi paRntu varuvana kaNdeen

       kaNdeen avar tiruppaatam kandaRiyaatana kaNdeen

Meaning:

BEING shows Himself as Candrasekaran wearing the Crescent Moon  as His head ornament and Uma appears as the Source of pleasant speech with which women please men. Singing both of them I came to AiyaaRu where beautiful young females dance majestically pleasing the gods and the people thinking that at least now BEING will be kind enough to engrace me with the redeeming insights that would put  an end to all my miseries. And there on the way I saw the male green parrots flying happily and dancing with their females in immense joy.  At that point I saw with my mental eyes, the Divine Feet of Siva, (where he creates the male and females of all species with agitating the Natam and Bindu). Thus I saw what are impossible to witness with the fleshy eyes alone.

Comments:

The new thing that emerges here is the EXPECTATION of Appar that he would be engraced with deep insights if he comes to AiyaaRu and worship Siva and Uma in the temple. His expectations were not in vain for as he saw the sexual life of all kinds of living creatures, his metaphysical eyes were open and he saw the KaNdaRiyaatana, that which is NOT normally witnessed i.e. the Dance of Siva and Sakti at the depths of sexual behavior of creatures and where when a male and female are together there is happiness and because of which there is dancing and singing. This is the Avar Tiruppaatam, the Divine Feet of BEING and which seeing is NOT possible unless BEING wills it.

To go to the depths of sexual behavior of all creatures and see the TRUTH that BEING dances there as Siva and Sakti, one has to be blessed - the eyes must be opened towards the depths where Siva and Sakti dances the Dance of Bliss.

ULLAGANAR

( Editing and re-paragraphing by his student )

( photo of parrot taken from https://pixabay.com/photos/lori-mnohobarv , with thanks )