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Super-speciality of Lord's/Guru's feet
Forwarded by Vinod
H.H Swami Chinmayananda’s Holy feet
Have you ever imagined why Hindus in particular revere the feet (specially) of
Lord/Guru/Atithi/ elders etc.? Run through our Mahakavyas/Puranas & we will find a
number of illustrations which glorifies 'feet' as a special mention.
For instance, Srimad Ramayanam contains so many events such as Ahalya moksham;
Boatsman washing the feet of Rama before crossing ganges; Bharata carrying the sandals
from Chitrakoot; Rama-Lakshmana' s pada sevanam of Vishwamitra/ Vasishtha;
Hanuman's dasya-bhavam towards Rama's feet; Sita taking shelter of only the feet of
Rama (during her stay in Lanka); Vibhishana sharanagathi etc.
On the other hand one could visualize Srimad Bhagavattam establishing the prowess of
lord's feet while Vamanavataram; Kaliya-mardanam as a manifestation of blessings by
Krishna's feet; Agra-puja of Krishna's feet by Pandavas etc.
Though it is unchallenged that the Lord's/Guru' s feet bestows unlimited grace to the
devotees, but let us try to understand why the 'feet' is so important from other
perspectives.
Guru’s [Lord's] feet
The Guru’s feet are worshipped or revered because all the Guru’s shakti dwells in the
feet. If you did research into this, you would find that the vibrations of the inner self
constantly flow out through the feet. The nerves that come from the Sahasrara reach right
down to the feet. The feet serve as the support for the whole body. This is the reason the
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