> Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer, > > Many a times while dealing with government departments, we are tossed up and > down the staircases of the buildings to get a > '> stamp> '> affixed in our > documents, even after the concerned officers have signed the papers. Not only > tossing, some greasing must also be done to avoid further harassment at those > hands which are putting the stamp. > > Since many of our readers have travelled to US and other places from India, > they, very well know, just to put a visa stamp, an immigration stamp, etc, > how many hours and money they have to spend. Without such stamps, they cannot > just get out of the airport where they landed. So that is the greatness of > the > '> stamp> '> affixed in their papers? > > Even a simple letter written from father, at one place, to son, in a > different place, has to carry a stamp of the government, called postal > '> > stamp> '> , then only it will be carried and delivered to the son. Our > respected Sri Sadagopan also came out with a request for the > '> stamp> '> > to all fraternity of the lists recently, the nature of his request being very > very rare. > > See here, in periyaazhvaar thirumozhi, this paasuram [or verse] talks about > that > '> stamp> '> ilachchinai. Hence I am sharing with you all. > > oru kaalil sangu oru kaalil chakkaram uLLadi poRiththu amaintha > iru kaalum koNdu angu ezhudhinaarpOl ilachchinai pada nadanthu > perugaa ninRa inba veLLaththin mEl pinnaiyum peidhu peidhu > karu kaark kadal vaNNan kaamar thaadhai thaLar nadai nadavaanO > 1-7 6 - periyaazhvaar thirumozhi - thodar sangilikai padhikam > > meaning as given sri madhavak kaNNan swamy of simhapuri [Singapore] [ref > bhakthi list archives - july 2002] > > quote - kaNNan- who is of dark, blue hued, the ocean like colour; who is the > father of manmathan (Pradhyumnan); marks the places where He walks with > sanghu and chakkaram, which are there in His feet. Oru kaalil sanghu; oru > kaalil chakkaram. Thereby the entire place is full of sanghu and chakkaram > marks on the ground. May he walk faltering steps, further more, giving (us) > lots of aanandham! When KaNNan walks there is great amount of joy! When the > marks of sanghu, chakkaram are seen, wherever He walks, the joy is > immeasurable! It is rain of joy! Anandha varsham! He is dark coloured like > the blue dark ocean and hence gives rise to rains (of joy!). - unquote. > [Small change made as chakkaram, which is my style than MKswamy> '> s chakra] > > Ok - a doubt comes now - please do not conclude immediately - > '> hey these > two objects or things, the conch and the discus, are supposed to be in hands, > how is that, it is said now they are in feet, means not in hands, their > original place? Shifted for some reason?> '> - Dear fraternity - that is not > my doubt no 1. But if you take it that way, well. Ok. > > In the first line, it is said > '> oru kaali sangu, oru kaalil chakkaram > uLLadi poriththu amaintha iru kaalum koNdu> '> - the two feet - > one having sangu > '> mark> '> - conch mark, > another feet has chakkaram > '> mark> '> - discus mark > while my kutty child krishNa walks, these two marks are being stamped on the > ground and seen all over and along wherever he walks. That is the meaning > given. > > '> oru kaali sangu, oru kaalil chakkaram amaintha iru kaalum koNdu> '> - it > is clear that the two legs have these marks - one has a conch mark and > another discus mark. Then what is all this > '> uLLadi poriththu> '> . That > is the real doubt no 2. > > To clear this, now, we have to re-read the same verse slightly modified - is > it permitted? > Taking for granted the permission - Read on - > '> oru kaali sangu, oru kaalil chakkaram uL adi poriththu amaintha iru kaalum > koNdu> '> - > oru kaali sangu, oru kaalil chakkaram - on these words not much to discuss, > as already seen. So proceed to next. > '> uLLadi poriththu> '> amaintha > -These must have some significance? The answer is > '> Yes> '> . > > The feet generally have a little raised portion on the inner side and flat on > outer side. So when bot> h feet are placed together, the inner side has a > raised portion and thus has a hollow space. As such when one foot is placed > on ground, the entire surface area of the foot is not coming in contact with > ground but a lesser area. That raised portion is uL adi - that uL adi has > these marks of conch and discuss on the two feet. > > [and the balance portion coming in contact is veLi adi? - ok, not concerned > about that doubt no 3, now - if somebody clarifies - fine] > > Those marks of conch and discus - which need not come in contact with the > floor, because they are at a raised level - those uL adi - are also coming in > contact with floor. Why? Doubt no 4. Answer is readily available in last line > of verse - for krishNa walks > '> thaLar nadai> '> . That is why the conch > and discus marks are stamped on the floor - for krishNa walks > '> thaLar > nadai> '> - thaLarntha nadai - thaththakka piththakka nadai - irregular > steps - staggered steps - uneven steps - for just he begins to walk - so that > raised portion also comes into contact with earth and thus the stamp mark is > placed on floor [or earth]. > > Why this conclusion you may ask - it is from the presence of word adi > '> > poriththu> '> amaintha kaal koNdu> '> - poriththu - stamped - the legs > already have these marks stamped on the skin - so it becomes easy like > putting a stamp on the paper - floor paper - that conclusion is from the > words - ilachchinai pada nadanthu - that word pada - touching - those marks > touching the floor - ilachchinai - muththirai - stamp - available inside - > hence come in contact with ground - pada nadanthu. > > Now is the major doubt no. 5. Or is it that bhoomi - that lady earth raised > herself at every opportunity to get that touch of the feet of the lord - as > did yamuna water to touch those feet which are described as oru kaalil sangu > oru kaalil chakkaram uLLadi poRiththu amaintha iru kaalum koNdu - while > father vasudhEvan was trying to cross yamuna, carrying child Krishna, just > born, in the dark of the night from the prison to nandhaa> '> s place, even > after very same yamuna herself consented to stand separate, leaving a royal > path to that vaasudhEvan, her lord supreme. > > Or is it that the husband Krishna loves touching her lover bhoomi dhEvi with > the full coverage of the feet - stamping with his unique marks - fully done > in a proper manner? > > Is this THE doubt? Yes please - doubt no 5. if somebody can give an answer > welcome please. > > Dhasan > Vasudevan m.g. > > [PS: Some more points on this verse, we will see in next post. 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