856 Become the answer
You came as the answer
To my simple question
Over lording me
You made me your own
When there is
No answer to question of the mind
You came as the answer
To the question of the heart
Many philosophies
Tried to argue
Sastras (commentaries) added explanation
To them
Giving complicated
Answer to them
As they drowned
The mind again
Realizing
My need
You came
As the simple answer
When I took
Refuge at your feet
Becoming my guru
You gave the teaching
Only accepting it
This slave is emancipated
Therefore I
Bow at your feet each day
Mathigiri, 8-04-2018, 2.10 p.m.
When I read commentaries and books explaining in detail about the text and the background I was overwhelmed by them. To confess the fact, they create some kind of inner dryness though they appeal a lot to the intellectual need. Particularly when I read about any verses in Muktiveda which has so many complications considering the historicity verses theology, I simply accept the riddle and paradox than try to understand it with logical rationalism. At the same time I cannot deny the fact that when I read any commentary which attempt to do that I am forced to agree with it. However that kind of interpretation and explanation only creates much dryness within me. So as I faced such dryness within me, after reading such commentary, unable to overcome that dryness, I just prayed to the Lord to remove it. As I began to contemplate and pray, as the first line of this poem came echoed in my mind, I wrote this song as my prayer.
856 விடையானாய்
எளியஎன் கேள்விக்கு
விடையாக வந்தாய்
என்னையும் ஆட்கொண்டு
உனதாக்கிக் கொண்டாய்
சிந்தையின் கேள்விக்கு
பதிலற்ற போது
மனதின் கேள்விக்கு
விடையாகி வந்தாய்
தத்துவம் பலவுமே
தர்க்கித்துக் காட்ட
அவற்றுக்கு சாத்திரம்
விளக்கமும் கூட்ட
எளிதில் புரியாத
விடைகளைத் தந்து
எண்ணத்தை மீண்டும்
குழப்பத்தில் ஆழ்த்த
எனது தேவையை
நீயுமே அறிந்து
நீயே எளிய
விடையாக வந்து
சரணம் என்று
தாளினை அண்ட
குருவாக நின்று
உபதேசம் செய்தாய்
அதைமட்டும் ஏற்று
அடியனும் உய்ந்தேன்
அதனாலே உன்பாதம்
அனுதினம் பணிந்தேன்
மத்திகிரி, 8-04-2018, 2.10 p.m.