Left foot and Right foot

[Guest guest]

sree mathre namah

 

to all the group members,

 

there has been a slight discussion raised among one of the members of the group

on the significance of Goddess Lalitha Devi and Sri Raja Rajeswari and other

such dieties, when seated keeping their left foot and right foot down.

 

about this, i have clarified with my Guru and i learned thus.

 

all the deities who are seated and put a leg down in such seating position,

like the one we see in the normal Pancha Pretasana Sri Lalita Tripurasundari

and a host of all such Deities, is called actually Virasana, a tipical form of

Asana coming under the species of Sukhasanas. this asana show the pleaseant and

the benifical attitude of the Deity.

well, the real difference of the particularity of left or right leg being hung

down is a particularity of the Goddess herself. All the deities including

Lalita, Tripurasundari, Mukambica and all the host of Goddesses, hang their

right foot down and left foot at the base of the pelvic girdle. But the

differentiation comes only with Raja Rajeswari, Supreme Goddess or Mother or the

Sriman Maharagnyi as described in Lalitha Sahasra Nama would put her left foot

down and right foot up. this left foot also is kept in such a way that the

thumb finger of the left leg is like kept in such a way indicating that with

that finger, the Goddess is suppressing all the Worlds like Bhu, Bhuvar and

Suvarlokas and host of all other lokas.

 

i am indebted to the group member that it is his thirst for cognizance that i

could also clarify this doubt and i am sure this clarifies lot of others too.

 

I remain,

always at the feet of my guru,

Samvidananda Saktha

Saravana Kumar.