The Divine Manifestation

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திருந்தப் புவனங்க ளீன்றபொற் பாவை திருமுலைப்பால்

அருந்திச் சரவணப் பூந்தொட்டி லேறி யறுவர்கொங்கை

விரும்பிக் கடலழக் குன்றழச் சூரழ விம்மியழுங்

குருந்தைக் குறிஞ்சிக் கிழவனென் றோதுங் குவலயமே.

I would like to quote the comments made by my friend GS to my previous post, because they are relevant here:

"It is the basic Saiva Siddhantha metaphysics that the souls areprimordially merged in the state of kevala, anava mala, it being like sankhya world view of the eternal and unattached purusa confounding its true nature with the reflections in the buddhi. 

In order to be free from the objectivity created by virtue of this metaphysical ignorance, the role of the unmainfest matter is necessary, as otherwise no sense of awareness of the bondage will be possible. It is like our being able to meditate and understand only in the full blaze of the waking state, as no initiative is there in the deep sleep state, nor that state being inimical to the natural state of freedomof the purusa. Ultimately, it is only for the reflected consciousness that freedom or bondage is relevant, it being only empirical. 

Saiva Siddhanta teaches this exalted truth in a simple and devotional language that the Lord makes available the, " DANU, BOGA, BUVANA KARANA," that is the wherewithall for the souls to come out of the ignorance. 

In fact our embodiment is only for the purpose of knowing our transcendental nature and be free from the bondage."

When Muruga took manifestation as a child, the sea, the mountain, and the Asura Surapadma, all wept for they were marked for destruction. 

Here, Variar Swamigal notes that the sea stands for the ocean of Karma, the mountain for nescience, and Surapadma for egoity. When the Lord manifests, all impurities lose strength.

The highlighted words mean, "The child with whose sobs the sea weeps, the mountain weeps and Sura weeps: this world praises Him as the ancient one of Kurinji".

We can read symbolism into this, which I think could be the purpose of this verse, or we can just take it literally as praising the birth of Lord Muruga in the waters of Saravana.