Friday 15 February 2013

30. Water and fire are within you



Verse 30
நெருப்பை மூட்டி நெய்யைவிட்டு நித்தம்நித்தம் நீரிலே
விருப்பமோடு நீர்குளிக்கும் வேதவாக்யம் கேளுமின்
நெருப்பும் நீரும் உம்முளே நினைந்துகூற வல்லிரேல்
சுருக்கம் அற்ற சோதியை தொடர்ந்துகூடல் ஆகுமே!

Translation:
Kindling fire daily pouring ghee,
Those who bath willingly in sacred waters, please listen to the words of Veda
Fire and water are within you, if you are capable of realizing this and saying so,
Associating with the contraction-less effulgence occurs eternally!

Commenatary:
In this verse Civavākkiyar ridicules the practice of performing yagas, yagñās, bathing in sacred waters without true understanding.  He brings to focus the Vedic statement that the fire and water are within us. The fire is the fire of the kundalini the supreme effulgence and the water are the fluids within us.  The ultimate sacrifice or worship ritual is offering ourselves to the supreme consciousness.  This is true yagna, yaga.

          

2 comments:

  1. GOOD I LIKE THAT MY DEAR SIVAVAKKIYAR

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  2. Thanks for the encouragement. Please let me know what you think about the summary. I was amazed by the structure that emerged while I was summarizing the first thirty verses.

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