KIDAPPU- COUCH. Dear friends,
On those days most of our homeshad wooden CHARUKASERA- Easy chair. It occupied a lot of space. Sometimes evenwooden boxes were kept beneath it which required less frequent opening. Later EASYCHAIR came with wooden frame and thick cloth in body. It was foldable andrequired very less space. Forretiring people many times quality easy chair was complimented even in 1967’s. Now easy chair has become an out offashion item. Lengthy Sofa has taken its place. Elders used easy chair for nap.But for a sleep one required to lay with full back on the surface. This couldbe a mat or bed. The person may lay on ground over the mat or on a bed over thecot. There could be exceptions like on the festival season many sleep on thebare ground while seeing Kathakali etc. and getting sleepy. Many are waked up in the early morning byothers after the performance was over. Kidappu or kidakkuka or laying is a must for many animals and humans. While one could see dogsand lambs laying on side, most other animals lie with their back up. Dogs andlambs also lie with their back at top. There could be animals whichcould sleep even while standing like the ass. In the night all animals we can seelay down. This includes elephants which lay with their back up and rolling andkeeping their trunk in the mouth after midnight to very early morning. Though we can see elephants lyingon their side during their bath by mahouts in the rivers, their preferredsleeping position is with back at top. I am not sure how monkeys sleepwhich live in trees or such animals mostly live on trees. After food or while tired, aperson like to lie. There are many who could get sleep only if they sleep sideway or backside up. But this is for sleep. When fully tired everybody lay atback. A person may get tired due toillness or age or hard work. Today’sposting is about Kidappu. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 26-8-2013. Reposted on 5-3-2021 after editing and updating, R. Gopala krishnan 1. Parasurama lying with his head on the lap of Karna. In the epic Mahabharatha we havean instance of Parasurama getting extreme tired lying with his head on the lapof Karna his sishya. Parasurama fell into sleep. In the meanwhile a black antstung strongly Karna. Blood started oozing from the stung area. Karna feltsevere pain but felt not to disturb the sleeping Guru Parasurama. After a while Parasurama got upand found blood flowing from the body of Karna. Parasurama felt if such a severe pain could withstand, then Karna should be a Kshathria and not a poor Brahmin boy.Parasurama felt it was hiding a truth from him and got angry which lead to acurse also… 2. Duryodhana sitting near the head and Dharmaputhra at the feet of LordKrishna. Another incidence fromMahabharatha is before the Great War. War became inevitable. Arjuna and Duryodhana went to see Krishna. After meals Krishna was takingsleep/ nap in the cot. Not todisturb, Arjuna who came to see him sat at the feet. In the mean whileDuryodhana came and sat near head. After a time Krishna woke up.First he saw Duryodhana sitting near head and then Dharmaputhra sitting nearfeet. After preliminary talks Krishna asked first the purpose of his visit toDuryodhana. Duryodhana wanted his helpin war with SENA. (MILITARY HELP) and when Dharmaputhra requested, giving allsena to Duryodhana, he said, he would be with Pandavas without taking anyweapons. So he became Parthasarathi. 3. Kidappilavuka. It is common for the aged to laymore due to sickness or tiredness. Some frequently getting ill during old ageis referred as “MikkavarumKidappila” meaning almost bedridden. This does not mean, he is not able to move or do his primary works forhimself. But he requires more rest. 4. Deenam vannu kidappilavuka (On account of illness getting bed ridden) On account of certain illnesslike chickenpox etc. one is tempted to lie. If at all he wants or he could, hewill not be permitted to move outside, since the disease could spread throughair. So mostly till they recover they have to lie and take rest. Such patientsare asked to lie on Neem leaves. 5. Inpatients in Hospitals In the hospitals while somepatients require full rest and for takingdifferent tests the patients are admitted as in patients and asked to lay incots. On their gradual recovery they would be gradually permitted to sit orrelax more. 6. Relaxing by laying down by workers. Now a day having less physicalpower, most workers lay and take rest for an hour before commencing afternoonwork. It is a very common scene in work sites 20-30 people lying in the afternoon. 7. Anantha padmanbha Ananthapadmanabha (Mahavishnu) isthe deity in lying pose over Anantha, face slightly to one side. 8. Gayasura Gayasura lied down on his backand permit Vishnu to perform Yagya. 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