Kandar Anubhūti – Mantra Prayoga – 07
For the Healing of Chronic Illness
For the seventh hymn, the Siddha Guru gave the title: “Tīrā Piṇi Tīra” – “To Remove Incurable Disease.”
By meditating on the meaning of this hymn, one can understand the subtle reason why disease arises and how it is healed.
The Siddha–Āyurveda Perspective
According to the principles of Siddha and Āyurveda, disease originates when there is imbalance in the five elements (pañca-bhūtas) and disharmony among the three doṣas (vāta, pitta, kapha).
Before disease manifests in the gross body (sthūla śarīra), it first appears in the subtle body (sūkṣma śarīra) through disturbances in the inner instruments (antaḥkaraṇa)—mind (manas), intellect (buddhi), memory (citta), and ego (ahaṅkāra).
- When rigidity arises in these four instruments, it obstructs the natural flow of prāṇa.
- Excessive ego (ahaṅkāra) generates selfishness, which in turn creates confusion in mind, intellect, and memory.
- This blocked prāṇa flow becomes the root of disease.
Thus, one who seeks healing must destroy ego and cultivate softness and openness in the inner instruments.
The Hymn
Tamil Verse (7th Hymn):
கெடுவாய் மனனே, கதி கேள், கரவாது
இடுவாய், வடிவேல் இறைதாள் நினைவாய்
சுடுவாய் நெடு வேதனை தூள்படவே
விடுவாய் விடுவாய் வினை யாவையுமே.
Meaning
“O mind that is heading towards destruction!
Hear this path:
- Live without concealment, dishonesty, deceit, or evil thought;
- Share freely what you have and help others;
- Constantly remember the feet of the Lord with the radiant spear.
By doing this, your long-enduring sufferings will be reduced to dust,
and you will be released, released from all karmas.”
The Teaching
- All diseases and karmas first take shape in the mind before appearing in the body.
- If the mind is free from karavu (concealment, selfishness, deceit, hypocrisy), and instead filled with compassion to help others, and if it continually meditates on the feet of Vadivēlan (Muruga with the radiant spear)—
then even the deep sufferings of birth and karmic bondage are destroyed.
Connection to Karma
Arunagirināthar here links healing to the three kinds of karma:
- Saṁcita Karma – The accumulated karma of past lives waiting to bear fruit.
- Burned away by the fire of jñāna obtained through meditation on Vadivēlan’s feet.
- Āgāmī Karma – The karma generated by present actions.
- Prevented when the mind acts without deceit, with openness, compassion, and generosity.
- Prārabdha Karma – The portion of karma already bearing fruit in this life.
- By meditation, one endures it with wisdom, reducing its burden and gaining release.
Thus:
- A disease caused by ego and rigidity is healed when the mind becomes humble, compassionate, and open.
- Constant meditation on Muruga’s feet awakens knowledge that burns the roots of karma, freeing one from disease and suffering.
Practical Mantra Prayoga
To truly benefit from this hymn for healing:
- Cultivate a mind free from concealment and deceit—always ready to help others.
- Meditate constantly on the feet of Vadivēlan with love and devotion.
The Siddha Guru has also given a specific mūlamantra, yantra, and method of practice for this hymn.
By practicing these under the Guru’s guidance, the sādhaka gains both freedom from karmic bondage and relief from chronic diseases.
✅ This Mantra Prayoga shows that healing is not merely physical but arises from purification of mind and destruction of ego, with Muruga’s feet as the focus of meditation.