* * ** <http://www.kanchiforum.org/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&p=30621>* * ** Chapter 6. SriCharaNargaL's SriCharaNam; Sankara's abhaya karam *(The Holy Feet of SriCharaNar and the Securing Hands of Sankara) Pages 94-97
[An Anbar (devotee) has inquired about the meaning of calling Sri PeriyavargaL SriCharaNar. When looking at his query, I was reminded of the essay I wrote and gave under the above title to SriCharaNaaL's parama bhakta s Sri Ramaswamy--Smt.Kanakamma dampati . An essay that I wrote for a book of homage that they gave as a gift to a circle of close devotees. The answer to the devotee's question is found there. Additionally, there are many other things. Adding a few more, I share it with all readers here.] திருவடி தரித்து நிற்கத் திண்ணம் நாம் உய்ந்தவாறே! tiruvaDi tarittu ~niRkat tiNNam ~nAm uy~ndavARE! --Appar "standing on His holy feet so we live in spiritual prosperity." கை தர வல்ல கடவுள் போற்றி! kai tara valla kaDavuL pORRi! -- Manikkavachagar Praise the Lord (Shiva) who can lend a helping hand! RukmiNI, who was massaging KaNNan's (KrishNa) lotus feet as he was about to enter his nidrA (sleep) or yoga nidrA (slumber of meditation) was startled. The reason was that the feet were full of blisters of burn. She implored him the reason for such blisters, her eyes flooding. KaNNan, the MAyAvi, who had created the incident to give garva bhangam (decrease of arrogance) to RukmiNI, who had considered herself unmatched for loving him, asked her with a mischievous smile: "Did not Radha come this evening to meet me? You gave her a cup of milk that was just boiled down from the oven, right? Exactly at that time I too entered the room? Her yearning to have darshan of me swelled up in her, but at the same she also did not forget the civility of not disregarding your kShIra upachAram (offer of milk), so he cried out 'KrishNA!' and drank the milk as such. And she is the one who has done pratiShTA (established) of my feet in her very soul! Which is why the hot milk hurt and turned up blisters in my feet! Tomorrow, at uShaH kAlam (time of dawn) when she finishes her puja to me and drinks the charaNAmRutam (water that washed my feet), in that rosewater all my blisters would go away!" * ** *source :http://www.kanchiforum.org * * Service Above Self cnu.pne *
