THE FEET- PAADAAH - ( पादाः , चरण, தாள் )

SUBHASHITHANI:139

समुद्र  वसने  देवी  | पर्वत  स्थन मण्डले  I

विष्णुपत्नी  नमस्तुभ्यं  | पादस्पर्सं  क्षमस्व  मे  II
Samudra vasane devi | parvata sthana mandale ||

Vishnupatnee namstubhyam | paadasparsam kshamasva me |

Oh Mother Earth! Vast ocean is your abode. Mountains are your breasts. 

Thou art consort of lord Vishnu. Please forgive us for trampling on you all the time. Obeisance to you!
தனக்குவமை இல்லாதான் தாள் சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால்
மனக்கவலை மாற்றல் அரிது.KURAL-7
Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united to the feet of Him who is incomparable.

नाहं जानामि केयूरे ना हं जानामि कुण्डले I

नूपरं अभि जानामि नित्यं पादाभि वन्दनात् II Ramayana-Lakshmana to Rama

I don’t recognize the bracelets, I don’t recognize the ear-rings . But, I do recognize the anklets of Sita , because of the daily ‘pada sevana’ .

मुकुन्द  मूर्ध्ना  प्रणिपत्य   याचे

भवन्त  एकान्तामियन्तं  अर्त्थं I

अविस्मृति; त्वत् चरण  अरविन्दे

भवे  भवे  मे   अस्तु  भवत् प्रसादात् II

Mukunda, murdhna prani pathya yache,
Bhavantha mekantha miyantha martham,
Avismrithi swacharanaravinde,
Bhave bhave meastha bhavat prasadath.

Hey Mukunda, With bowed head I beg of you,

A small favour alone and in secret,
Never should I forget your lotus like feet,
Please, please be kind enough to grant.

அவன்  அருளாலே  அவன் தாள் வணங்கி

Aaratha inbam arulum malai porri ,
Sivan avan yen sinthayul ninra athanaal ,
Avan arulaale avan thal vanagi ,
Chinthai magizha Siva puranam thanai,
Munthai vinai muzhuthum oya uraippan naan.(16-20) Thiruvaachagam
Praise to the God who gives the never fading joy like a mountain of mercy,
Because that Lord Shiva stood in my thought ,
I would salute his feet by his grace ,
And with a joyful mind recite the Shiva Purana,
So that the entire Karma which I have earned earlier disappears.

 तवामृतस्यन्दिनि पादपङ्कजे

निवेशितात्मा कथमन्यदिच्छति।

स्थितेऽरविन्दे मकरन्दनिर्भरे

मधुव्रतो नेक्षुरकं हि वीक्षते ॥२७॥ Sthotra Ratnam

tava amrutasyandini paada pankaje  nivesit aatmaa kaTam anyad icchati |

 sTite aravinde makaranda nirbhare  madhuvrata: na Ikshurakam hi vIkshate ||

How can my mind, which is firmly set upon Your Lotus-feet shedding nectar, ever be desirous of anything else?  As is well known, when there exists a lotus laden with honey nearby, a bee does not even glance at the Ikshuraka flower (NeermuLLi - thorny flower without fragrance or honey. 

बालस्यापि रवेः पादाः पतन्त्युपरि भूभृताम् ।

 तेजसा सह जातानां वयः कुत्रोपयुज्यते ॥

Even the feet of a young sun can fall on the top of mountains. For those born with brilliance, the age is irrelevant.
चलत्येके  पादाःन पादेन तिष्ठत्येकेन पण्डितः ।

 न समीक्ष्यापरं स्थानं पूर्वमायातनं त्यजेत् ॥ Chanakya niti
The wise man walks with one foot and stands on one foot. (never steps onto a new place without examining it ) Without examining the next place, he does not leave the previous abode.

उपकार   गृहीतेन  शत्रुणा   शत्रुमुद्धरेत्      |
पादलग्नं  करस्थेन  कण्टकेनेव  कण्टकं  ||

Upakaar gruhetena shatrunaam  shatrumuddharet.
Padalagnam karasthena kantakeneva kantakam.

We should get rid of an enemy with the help of  our
another enemy , in  the same manner as a  thorn
embedded in our feet is removed with the help of another thorn.

श्रीमन् नारायण चरणौ शरणं प्रपध्ये I

श्रीमते नारायणाय नमः I Dvaya Mantram

Sriman Nārāyana charaṇau saranam prapadyē 

Srimathē Nārāyanāya nama:

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH