Deivathin Kural Series - 134

Om Namah Sivaya.
Deivathin Kural # 134 of 11 Jan 2007.
1. To-day's title is 'Thanthaiyai Minjiya Thanayan', ie., 'The Son who Excels the Father', occuring in pages 599 to 602, in Volume 1 of Deivathin Kural, Tamil version, published by Vanady Padippagam, Chennai.
2. The Himalayas may be massive, vast and huge. A grain of mustard is very small. But the mustard grain will have all the parts. You can go on dividing it till you reach the smallest part of it, that is the atom. It cannot be divided further without breaking it. If what is wide spread as all the stars and galaxies, is to be seen as an unitary singular entity, it is the heart center of Siva-Shakthi-Aikyam, from which springs, unconditional Love for the entire existance! Thiru Moolar says,
"anbum sivamum irandu enbar arivilar
(idiots think of Love and God as different)
anbe sivam aavadu aarum arigilar
(no one knows that Love is Siva)
anbe sivam aavadu aarum arindapin
(once people know that Sivam is Love)
anbe sivamai amarndu irundaare."
(they will be love-siva incarnate)
3. Once that 'manas', is known, our mind will not run helter skelter. It will melt in that Love and become Love. Arunagiri Naadar got this 'anuboothi'. Parameswara is Matter or Mass and Ambal is Shakthi or Energy. E = M multiplied by C square, is all playing around with words and numbers. All that is of no use to us. What is important from our point of view is their Love, Grace and Arul. That is their, 'chella pillai, kadaikkutti, chellam, selvan, muththuk kumaran,' Subrahmanya Swami. In Vaideeswaran Kovil, his name itself is, 'Selva Muththu k Kumaran'. The one primordial love, became two, then again became one, to give us the easily accessible Subrahmanya Murthy.
4. He who is the outcome of Siva-Shakthi-Unity, is effulgent, mighty, brilliant and unbeatable. He is a Shakthiman, who came into being, to destroy the monstrous Asuras. His weapon is the Shakthi Vel. But it is not only powerful, but also Gnana Vel. He is also called, 'Gnana Pandithan and Gnana Skandan'. He is the Guru for his father, who is the Guru for the whole universe. So He is Guru's Guru! The One who is referred to as, 'Swami', in Amara Kosam(the Sanskrit Dictionary), teaches His Father, the meaning of Pranava, in 'Swami Malai', on the banks of the River Kaveri. Their, He is lovingly known as, 'Thagappan Swami or Swami Nathan'! (meaning, 'The Son who excelled the Father').
5. He is the pet of the Parents. So the Daddy shows the whole world, that He is a Super Swami. To make it clear to the whole world, that 'He is even superior to Me!', He humbly gets tutored by the Son! He created the Son to prove that The Son would be more powerful than Himself and so, could sort out the Asuras, who had taken the boons from the Father only.
Now the point is proved that, the Son is not only more owerful, He is more Knowledgeable too! It is said that, 'One should look forward to victories in all one's ventures. But from one's Son, we should wish to be defeated!' (Puthraath ichcheth parajyam.) That is, every Father should wish, that his son should be better than himself in every respect. The Father himself becomes the Son. But the Son, is more beautiful, more knowledgeable, more powerful and more brave! And Muruga is.
6. I talked about the beauty or Lavanyam of Kumara. After Manmathan was burnt off, picking up the same sugar-cane bow and flower arrow, Ambal became, Kamakshi! The difference lies in the approach. If Cupid approached with head-weight, She approached Siva with Love and Humility. It is Her this quality that won Him over. Out of that union was born, Kumara. He is Easwara to Easwara; and Manmatha to Manmatha! In Tamil, KaamaveL is Manmatha, SevveL for Muruga. Both have 'veL' as a suffix!
7. Murugan, is a special name for Subrahmanya, in Tamil Nadu. Murugan also means beautiful and ever youthful! It is not only, 'body beautiful' but beauty of Grace! The Paramporul or the primordial, is called, 'Sat-chit-anand'. In this, 'Sat' or Being is Easwara, 'Chit' or Awareness is Shakthi. In so knowing is born 'Ananda' or bliss, that is Kumara! That is why in all Siva Temples, the 'Urchava Murthy', (or the Idol used for ceremoniously taking around the Temple Town), is called 'saha-uma-skandar' ie., Siva with Uma and Skandar. Thus, Subrahmanya alias Kumara, is a child much appreciated by the parents themselves.
8. This is expressed very beautifully by a Kural of Thiruvalluvar,
"eenra pozhuthinum peridu uvakkum
than maganai saanron enak ketta thai". ( ie., when a mother hears that her son is good, she feels greater joy than when she delivered the baby!) If this is the Humbleness and Humility of the Parents, the offspring should always keep in mind, what Avvai p Patti, has said,
"annaiyum pithavum munnari deivam", ( ie., mother and father are the first known Gods!).
Sambhomahadeva.