Deivathin Kural Series - 131

Om Namah Sivaya.
Deivathin Kural # 131 of 08 Jan 2007.
1. To-day's title is 'Arul Minnal', ie., 'Lightning of Compassion', occuring in pages 586 to 589, in Volume 1 of Deivathin Kural, Tamil version, published by Vanady Padippagam, Chennai.
2. There is one more proof occuring to me, in support of my contention that, 'Swami' as a name is belonging to Subrahmanya Swami only. You may be aware of some people talking, connecting Subrahmanya with Thiruppathi. There are people who believe that Venkataramana Swami, is Subrahmanya. Venkataramana Swami is also Paramatma, who is all Gods. He is Perumal, Parameswara. That is why, He gets 'Archana' with Bilva leaves, as is normally done to Siva. He is also Ambal or Devi. His 'Abhishekam' is done on Friday and after that, they dress Him up in a Saree! He is all Gods.
3. Another reason for considering Him as Subrahmanya, is the fact that, Subrahmanya's Temples are all mostly located on Hill Tops and Thiruppathi is a Hill Top! The God there is called, 'Balaji'. 'Bala', means Kumara. Bala and Kumara are names for Subrahmanya. There is a water point in Thiruppathi, by the name, 'Kumara Dhara'. Moreover, the 'Theppakkulam' or pond in Thiruppathi, is called, 'Swami Pushkarani'. This sounds yet another reason for holding that, 'Swami' is 'Kumara' and His pond is, 'Swami Pushkarani'. Let us leave this aside.
4. The entire Universe of Jeeva and Jadam; all Animate and Inanimate; all Living and non-Living; are his assets or 'swamk'; and so He is Swami. Let us see as to why, did He get that special name? Why such greatness is attributed to Him?
5. In the Mega or clouds, lightning flashes, only for a short span of time. Within that fraction of a second, it flashes such brilliance and power, as cannot be generated by many electrical power houses. Though visible only for a fraction of a second, it was not non-existing before its appearance. Non-existing cannot come into being! Scientists say that electricity is ever present everywhere. Normally it is not seen. When is it seen? When water becomes water-vapour and roams about in the skys, some portion seperates as negatively charged and some as positively charged. When these come closer by attraction, with a conducting medium inbetween, lightning occurs! When the oppositely charged portions come into contact, the omni-potent, omni-present electricity is seen as lightning! What was not seen, becomes seen, when the seperated reunite with brilliance, with thunder and lightning, with an out-pouring of electricity!
6. This is the Jada-Sakthi, (or Inanimate-Power) of electricity. The basis of this inanimate power, is the Sat-Sakthi / Chit-Sakthi / Gnana-Shakthi / Ananda-Sakthi / Arivu-Sakthi, present everywhere. (Arivu in Tamil is a word not directly translatable into English. It is close to the meaning of the Sanskrit word, Gnana. It is Awareness and Knowledge rolled into one.) That Sat-Chit-Anandam, Being-Aware-Bliss, is everywhere as itself as Param Porul. Then it seperates as Positive and Negative, as Right and Left.
7. This right / left seperation is quite appropriate. In the 'Ardha-Nari-Easwara' kolam, Easwara, is the right side and Ambal is the left side. Instead of Ambal, it could be Vishnu, to form Sankara-Narayana. It is not enough to seperate. It is not enough if the clouds are created, with opposite polarity. What was ONE, the prime ordial One, knowingly seperates into many, is not enough. To bless the so created world, the Right Siva and Left Ambal, have to combine to the beget Subrahmanya holding the lightning like Velayudha. What was Brahmam or Brahmanyam, with no prefix or suffix, becomes the Su-Brahmanyam. It gets the title Swami!
8. The outer lightning, removes the outer darkness, for a short time. Subrahmanyam, is the light of Grace. It can and does remove, inner and outer darkness for ever. No body can withstand its pull. The body dies when electrocuted. The 'ego' just goes, when touched by that Subrahmanyam. We ourselves become, 'Jyoti Swaroopa'. Arunagiri Nathar reveals this great truth in 'Kandar Anuboothi'. The One becomes Two and rejoins to become One, while removing our imagined seperateness!
Sambhomahadeva.