KAALU PIDIKKAL (FALLING AT THE FEET) -1 Dear friends,
Many Malayalam soaps recently Icould see the scenes of holding the legs on compulsion or get something done. To know the value of leg, justthe curing period of a very small fracture/ wound in a leg is much sufficient. I am including thigh, foot andlower leg of humans including toe while writing in this posting. Repetition areavoided. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 21-04 -2021 2. Duryodhana – strength induced in to body. We know Gandhari was tying acloth covering her eyes, intimating, since the husband is blind; she too didnot require sight. On account of this she had very much will power (Thapobalam).She desired to induce strength in the body of Duryodhana her eldest son usingher will power. One day she asked Duryodhana tocome before her after bath, without any clothing in the body. Completely nude. She desired to open the eye for a moment andinduce the strength in to his body. Obeying his mother Duryodhanastarted to take bath in the palace pond, and Gandhari sat on a big chair in thenearby Hall. Duryodhana was hindered by sage Narada on his way and he advisedDuryodhanan that though Gandhari is his mother, he should not go with his loinuncovered being a man now. He should wear a small piece of cloth there. Taking advice of Narada he wore asmall towel covering loin area and appeared before Gandhari. Gandhari untiedthe cloth from the eye. She could pass strength to all part of the body exceptthigh because of the clothing. It was in thigh Duryodhana was beaten with Gada (mace) and defeatedby Bhima. In a recent quora QA it was told,it was Lord Krishna and not Narada asked to wearcloth in the loin. 3. Mahabali and the foot incident. The legend about Onam is wellknown. Upendra (Vamana) could not measure the third foot of land and Mahabalaibow down and showed his head Upendra placed his third foot on the head ofMahabali and send Mahabali to suthala- the nether world. I was curious to know what Upendra didwith the land. I could read in a posting by Dr Ravisankar sangem that he gaveit to Indra. 4. Radha and charanamritham. Once Lord Krishna felt severepain in the stomach while in Dwaraka. It was felt by him that charanamritham (water obtained by washing the feet)of any lady could relieve his pain. Which lady will give the watercleaning her foot for drinking of the God? Rukmini, Sathyabhama or any womenwas not ready for such a deed in Dwaraka. Finally people were sent to Vrindavanif any lady is there to offer. Fortunately Radha was there. Withoutany thinking she washed her feet with water, filled in a vessel and handed overto the people. For her Krishna’s well- being was important.Immediately on receiving thecharanamritham Krishna drank it full. Eaam. One or two minutes lapsed. Krishna got relieved ofstomach pain. The incident shows the affectionof Radha to Krishna well over Rukmini and Sathyabhama had to Krishna I have read in later readings ofIskon publications that Radha was part of Krishna. 5. Navagrahas and Ravana. Ravana made the navagrahasobedient to him and made them in idol form to lie in the 9 steps which heclimbed to go to his thrown. He used to climb over them withhis foot to reach the seat. Narada noted Navagraha wereupside down in the steps. He devised a method. He asked Ravana to keep them in normal position and climb.Without thinking, Ravana obeyed him. Nowthe planets could do their jobs, from that instance the curse of the planets fell on him and his badperiod began. 6. Pada pooja In marriages pada pooja is performedto the bride groom, consideringhim as part of Mahavishnu. Pada pooja is done by girl’s father. In sraadha also the ankles of thefeet of the sraadha Brahmins (Bhokthas) are washed bythe performer before the function welcoming them. I read in one of the postingcalled sraadha niyama in our groups by G Bala subraminaim that only ankles has to be washed and notentire foot. I am not sure any sasthrikals sayso today to the performer. Now a day I am not seeing his postings. 7. Kalu kazhukichu Oottu I have seen this functionperformed in the temples inviting Nampoothries and fed after washing theirfeet. Cooking is done in the temple. Today I am not sure whether the functionis arranged by Nampoothiri families or by other communities also. I had one Library in chargeNampoothiri in my home who very often used to attend it asking me to see thelibrary for about one hour in my boyhood days if I was free. On those days Icould not clarify about the performer details. Nampoothiri used to inform inadvance to me, so that somehow I should make out time. 8. Following the foot steps Literally it means follow somebody’s path. It is used during good and bad practices followed, but mostlyabout good practices. A teacher’s son like to become alecturer, an ordinary engineer’s son will like to become an IIT or Ms and theway. Normally in the field of arts it is seen very much. It is passed throughgenes. I have seen it in the field ofwriting also. My daughter writes nowadays, probably getting more time. 9. Un noticed Paduka by Arjuna It is a story from Mahabharatha.It was the period Dharma puthra living with Droupadi. Arjuna had kept hisweapons in a room crossing Droupadi’s room. A Brahmin approached for help fromattacking people on him and Arjuna agreed. Dharma puthrar was there leaving his paduaka in front with Droupadi.Arjuna did not notice and entered the room. Dharma puthra welcomed him.Arjuna took his weapons and the Brahmin was saved. Feeling guilty of enteringthe Droupadi’s room, Arjuna went for seclusion life outside. During this period he came across ulupi- Naga Kanyaka. Though I have written the incident, I have one doubt. It wasthe period Yudhisthira spending one year with Droupadi. Arjuna clearly knew it.How his weapons could be in Droupadi home? All Pandavas lived separately andthey had other wives also. 10. Gaya sraadha and Vishnu Padam. I write repeatedly about Gayasuraand yaga story at Gaya. The place where Vishnu stood, his feet is preserved andPindas are offered and worshipped during Gaya sraadha. In Gaya most shops we getthambalam in different sizes with engraving of Vishnu padam. All the people performed Gayasrardha would have seen the bhokthas (Exclusively Gaya Brahmins) eating verylittle food from the leaves. The bhokthas distinguish the kartha by themselves beforeserving and smile at us. During the time I performed Gaya srardha, another 9 family’salso performing srardha on the day. It is my contention, our pithrus distinguish us and eat less, since theyare getting ready for LIBERATION. Enough for them calling as Pithru 11. Stair case and foot steps While designing steps theengineer take atmost care to ensure foot length is covered in the width ofsteps in the stair case. The height between steps is kept medium so thatclimbing is not felt through the steps. Both these aspects are not looked in to morethan 40% in ladders. Hence we feel the climbing in ladder tiresome andunbalance while standing on steps. For permanent working for hours henceladders are designed in the form of stair case in factories with hand rails. In the cross bar exchanges wherethe equipment installed to 10 feet height, the travelling ladder was designedin such a way, while sitting and working we would not feel either height orimbalance. 12. Mukkali and nalkkali. Furniture with four legs willhave more balance. Hence our table, chair etc. are all having for legs.Additional legs if there it should be in pairs. Furniture with threelegs is called Mukkali. Some stools, dining tables round in shapeare designed with three legs. Their balance is very less. On seeing the appearance Ipurchased a designed stool having only two flat legs. There was clearinstruction- It should notbe used for climbing or heavy weights should not be kept over it. In yester years there used to besome equipment with three legs. The offenders were tied to it and given blows.It was also called Mukkali. The earliest water purifying stands were alsohaving only three legs. It was called Mukkali arippu in Malayalam. Biggeroffices had Mukkali. Water filtering using Mukkali was a lesson in middleschool, and many schools also had MUkkali arrippu. I will continue in next posting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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