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33) Ananta Charanaya SrI
venkatEsaaya Nama: nama:
The Lord has innumerable feet, as
the Purusha Sukta attests: " Sahasrasershaa Purusha: Sahasraaksha:
sahasra paat". Though "Sahasram" literally means a thousand,
here it should be interpreted figuratively, to denote countlessness.
The Lord's possession of thousands
of feet is symbolic of His speed and facility of movement, though, really
speaking, He doesn't need legs to walk or run, nor eyes to see or ears to
hear, as do we mundane mortals, says the Upanishad --"apaani paado javano
griheetaa pasyati achakshu: sa shrunoti akarna:"
The Lord has feet, hands, eyes and
ears everywhere--"Sarvata: paani paadam tat sarvatokshi shiro mukham".
The Narayanopanishad too confirms this--"Visvata: chakshu: uta visvato
mukho visvato hasta: uta visvata: paat"
Since the entire Universe forms
the Lord's shareeram according to the Visishtaadvaita Philosophy, it is no
contradiction to say that the Lord has feet everywhere.
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