Or is it the rising of wisdom or Is it the four Vedas, Is it the sky, water, earth, fire or wind? Oh Lord Shanmuga please tell, which is really real, Oh Lord Muruga, who is the lord of earth and heaven. To get detached from everything and forget me and my ego”, Your dancing peacock, your spear and the cock on your flag.”Īnd joyful actions and so please advice me, “Give me always, the only job Of singing about you. Who defeated the elephant faced asura in a war, Oh, god who is the brother of the elephant god, In their mind, would even melt very heavy stones. Who protects devotees who approach him with devotion Which are very apt to describe the six faced lord, So that this garland made of naturally flowing words, We salute the holy feet of the five armed elephant god, I have tried my best to translate Kandhar Anubhuthi, realizing well, that I am too much insufficient for the job that I have undertaken. Kandar alankaram(Description of Kanda) and Kandar Anubhoothi(Spiritual union with Kanda) are two other great books of this poet. “The poet Arunagirinathar represents a remarkable blend of Tamil literary genius, a high degree of devotion to Murugan and a musical expertise” It literally melts one’s mind. His Thiruppugazh(divine fame of god) is possibly the greatest ever book that would extol Kanda. But the pride of place among those poets would be occupied by Saint Arunagirinathar of Thiruvannamalai in Tamil nadu. ( God Kanda (or Skanda-He who supports everything)) or Muruga (the pretty lord)or Kumara(The young lad) or Guha(he who lives in the cave of our mind) or Karthikeya(He who was taken care of by Karthigai maidens) or Arumugha(Or Shanmuga-the God with six faces) has been sung about by literally thousands of poets in Tamil Nadu. *(My understanding is based on a Tamil translation by poet Pi.Ra.Natarajan and English translation by Swami Anyananda)

Kandar anuboothi with meaning