All these events take place one after the other very
fast amidst the traditional music of 'Sannai Melam' and by the time
'kanyadanam' is completed, the bride and the groom still separated with a
curtain, hold 'jeela-karra bellam' (a thick paste made of crushed cumin seeds
or jeera and jaggery) placed in betel leaves. 'Sumuhurtham' is the most
important and awaited event of the wedding ceremony.
This slightly bitter cumin and sweet jaggery when ground
together turn into an inseparable mixture. The custom signifies that bride and
groom are supposed to become inseparable through life's bitter and sweet times.
The cake is kept exactly at anterior fontanel, an
esoteric aperture that is believed to transmit visual and spiritual energy
between them to become an inseparable couple.
The “Terasalla” is then removed. The bride and the
groom are instructed to look into each other’s eyes and the place in between
eyes. The following Vedic verses are chanted at that time:
Dhruvante Raja
Varuno Dhruvam Devo Bruhspathi
Dhruvantha
Indraschaangischa Rashtram Dhrayatham Dhruvam
When you enter your own kingdom after marriage, you
will be blessed with stability by the king Varuna (water diety), The celestial
priest Bruhaspati, the king of the heavens Indra and Agni (the fire God).
Abhrathrughneem
Varunapathighneem Bruhaspathe
Indra
Puthrighneem Lakshyam Thamasyai savithassuva
O Varuna, may this marriage result in prosperity to
bride’s family, O Bruhaspati, may this bride augment the progress of her
husband, O Indra, please bless them to have children.
Aghora Chakshur… Chatushpade
O blessed bride, may you look at your husband and his
family with kind eyes, bring prosperity to his house, have a long married life,
give birth to children with valor, bring luster and brilliance to your new
home, and behave in a way that even God will be very appreciative of you.
Why the cumin seeds and jaggery paste : Positive Electric charge emanates when cumin seeds
and jaggery are combined and a paste made of it, as is happened when the glass
rod rubbed with silk cloth (In the case of glass rod, electrons are loosely
bounded compared to silk cloth and hence it loses electrons &get positive
charge and it gets the ability to attract the nearby particles). In the
crown of the head, a subtle or esoteric aperture will be there. When this
paste is placed on the top of this esoteric aperture which remains closed, gets
opened and the positive energy enters through this hole, it travels through
Sahasrara Chakra reaches the Ajna Chakra and energizes it(centre of spiritual
energy- placed between the two eyebrows otherwise called Bhrumadhya or
Bhrukuti). The bride and groom when looks at each others
Bhrukuti (when the veil removed/put down,) their brain wave lengths meet.
When the wave lengths of two persons coincide, they think alike and there is no
chance of contradictions. This gives them the pleasurable married life.
The parents of the bride exit the stage briefly. The
bride and groom sit side by side.
Sumuhurta Akshata
Those present at the wedding shower their
blessings on the couple by sprinkling flowers and turmeric-coloured rice (Akshata)
on them.
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