Have you seen wedding performed by nature ?

திருஞானசம்பந்தர் திருக்கடைக்காப்பு தலம் திருவீழிமிழலை பண் மேகராகக் குறிஞ்சி முதல் திருமுறை திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் அகனமர்ந்த அன்பினராய் அறுபகை செற்று ஐம்புலனும் அடக்கி ஞானப் புகலுடையோர் தம் உள்ளப் புண்டரிகத்து உள்ளிருக்கும் புராணர் கோயில் தகவுடை நீர் மணித்தலத்துச் சங்குள வர்க்கந் திகழச் சலசத் தீயுள் மிகவுடைய புன்கு மலர்ப் பொரியட்ட மணஞ்செய்யும் மிழலையாமே. திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் thirunyAna camban^dhar thirukkaDaikkAppu thalam thiruvIzimizalai paN mEgarAgak kuRinyci mudhal thirumuRai thiruchchiRRambalam akanamarn^tha anbinarAy aRu pakai ceRRu aimpulanum aDakki nyAnap pukaluDaiyOr tham uLLap puNDarikaththu uLLirukkum purANam kOyil thakavuDai n^Ir maNiththalaththuc caN^guLa varkkan^ thikazac calacath thIyuL mikavuDaiya punkumalarp poriyaTTa maNanyceyyum mizalaiyAmE. thiruchchiRRambalam Meaning: With stabilized internal love, winning over the six foes, subduing the five senses and taken shelter in wisdom - residing in the heart lotus of such people - that Ancient One's abode is thiruvIzimizalai, where on the gem carpet of befitting water-bed, the varieties of conches decorating, over the fire of (red) lotus, the rich flowers of punku tree, showering like puffed-rice - a wedding (ceremony) happens. Notes: 1. The nyAnis who systematically clear the filth are referred here and the fact that they find Lord shiva in the lotus of their heart. (The heart is described as the lotus where the God resides, in many of our literature. It is one of the very important chakra in the form of lotus - anAhata. For a sample malar micai EkinAn mANaDi cErn^thAr - kuRaL Atma lingam mAyApurI hR^idaya pa~Nkaja sanniviShTam - shankara 2. aRupakai - lust, anger, meanness, desire, ego, jealousy. 3. The poet sees a wedding ceremony. For a change it is not the one being performed by the humans, but by the nature itself ! The water itself in the pond still and enriched looks as if it is a carpet. On that there are the conches of various kinds. In the middle there is a red lotus. It is so brilliantly red and bloomed that it looks like the fire in the vedic rite. Well, for the wedding ceremony the puffed rice (pori) needs to be offered on fire, and who would do that ? There is the white flowers of punku tree that fall down on the lotus. There is the wedding ceremony - mocked up by nature - made visible to us by the great child, whose heart is so pure and light that enjoys the God given nature. 4. akan - internal/mind; ceRRu - conquering; pukal - refuge/shelter; puNDarikam - lotus; purANan - ancient one; thakavu - fit; calacam - lotus.

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