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Er Arntha iLam kaNNi 

Dear bAgawathAs,        mArgazhi, Day 12

It is said that, Sri Lakshmanan, the ilaya perumAL never 
slept for 14 years, and was keeping a constant vigil and was 
guarding the divya dampathis during their vanavAsam. As similar to 
that Sri yAsodhai was also guarding our Lord Sri Krishna by
constantly keeping her eyes on Lord. It is also known that the tamil 
word "kaN" represents the eyes of Sri Krishna or "KaNNan"
(one who has those gracious eyes). The other swApdEsa arttham or inner 
meaning for kaN are derived from its usage in many ways in 
many different ways. In this pAsuram, the word kaNNI, is alluded 
to mantra upadEsam and in particular to dwayam and ashtAksharam. 
It is said in shAstras that those who receive this mantrAs from an
AchAryA alone has the adikAram on "ubaya sweekAram". (doing 
prapatti). The "uRuppu" or part of the anatomy known as "kaN" or 
eyes is meant for seeing. ie., the purpose of the eyes is to see.
Even if one has a clear eye (20/20 vision) can one see anything in 
darkness anything ? One still needs a light to see any object. The
Visibility and its clarity depend on the lighting which may be 
different either darker or brighter or normal. But what can an eye 
perceive in a fog or cloud ? 

In this part the reference to mantra upadEsam is meant to clear the 
vision that one's Athma kaN can see. ie., the swaroopam 
of an athmA is an "Anantha swaroopam", as it derives immense 
pleasure in serving the Lord and HIS consort constantly and 
eternally. This swaroopam is clouded with the anyAnam that are 
induced due to karma. One do more and more of the "mantra japam" after 
duly receiving it from an AchAryA, his/her "swa swaroopam" starts to 
show up and these holy mantras also clear the path to 
their final vision and realisation. ie., the mantras clear these 
karmic screens and make them see the light. Those who reaches this
clarity derive extraordinary peace in their mind as they continue 
with this exercise more and more. It is said that in its final 
destiny these "mantrams" take one to the prathayksha darsanam of 
the thiumuga maNdalam of the Lord. ie., the ultimate reach for 
this mantrams are the eyes of the LORD such that one will be 
blessed to see the Lord "eye" to "eye". It is said that these 
mantrams keep seeing the Lord as similar to nitya suris and if one 
can see and conceive the essence of these mantras and constantly dwell 
in it, these mantra japam will take one to have the same darsham, ie 
one is certain to have this "bAgyam" of prathayaksha darshaNam. The 
reference to yasOdhai's eyes constantly seeing the 
Lord is implying the essence of "mantrAs" constatnly seeing the 
Lord eye to eye. And that the mantra upadEsam one may get from the 
AchAryA (earlier referred to Sri NandagOpan) will take them to 
this realisation one or the other.

Mantra japam as practiced by many is not mere repeating 
of the mantras. Each mantram may have its own palan. Mantra (here 
referred to the mukya mantras) as constituted in their syllables 
and "words" is a vehicle that takes one's "athma kaN" (inner eye) 
to the "prathyaksha darshanam" and makes them first have this 
darshan "eye to eye" and realise the "athma sambandam" that the 
"jivan" has with "Eswaran". As one start to chant the mantra japam 
they must follow the protocols prescribed in shAstrAs, 
in particular one must do anusanthAnam of the Acharya thaniyan and 
pray to the ponnadi "golden feet" of AcharyA and start their japam.
As one proceed doing this japam one must start focussing on the 
essence (inner most meanings) of these mantrams and "dwell" in it.
There is a definite procedure for each mantra and the most 
important one is for doing ashtAkshra mantra japam that everyone
must follow. 

Sri ANDAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam
Sri Boomi dEvi thAyAr samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikaLE
saraNam
Sampath Rengarajan
(more to come on kaN)

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