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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 144

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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 144


लेलिह्यसे  ...  (अध्याय ११ - श्लोक २८)
லேலிஹ்யஸே  ... (அத்யாயம் 11 - ஶ்லோகம் 30)
Lelihyase  ...  (Chapter 11 - Shlokam 30)

Meaning :  You are licking all around ...
Licking is an unavoidable act while eating our food ..  Licking the fingers , licking the palms and licking the lips ..  It is an expression of joy of eating ..  It is an expression of relishing the taste of the food ..  "Lick your fingers" says an advertisement by Kentucky Chicken .. He means to say that it is so tasty that you'll lick your fingers ..  Recently , an advertisement for a chocolate was designed similarly ..  We Hindus , especially the Brahmins are conscious about mixing up of saliva ..  We do not eat from someone else's plate and have separate plate for each of us in our families ..  Yet , licking from our own plate is a delight ..

Animals lick their lips after a meal ..  That is more for cleaning up ..  "Oh ! the food is so tasty"  "this food is relishing" ..  animals do not have such feelings towards food ..  Hence , we can be sure that they lick their lips only for cleaning up those ..  But , humans are different ..  They can relish the taste of food ..  They can enjoy eating ..  Food is for energy and other nutrient requirements of the body .. Chewing is to help in digestion of the food ..  Licking is to experience the essential taste , to feel satisfied and to bless the one who fed us ..  Licking while eating is essential ..

We must lick and eat ..  But , this nonsense called etiquette or the falsehood in the name of etiquette prevents "me from being me" or "us from being us" ..  Unreal thoughts such as "others are observing" "others will think low of me"  "this does not suit my status" affect our actions , stop us from doing what is right , stop us from our traditional acts , stop us from joyful actions .. on the one hand and encourage actions that may not be proper , actions which may go against our tradition ..  (We do not lick and eat ..  We leave and waste food in our plates ..  We do not use our whole palm to eat ..  We do not mix well the food before taking it in ..  We do not use our lively hands to eat .  Instead , we use the lifeless spoon ..)

Here , Arjuna sees the Paramaatman licking in all directions after crushing with His Jaws all the warriors rushing into His wide open mouth .  He relishes His own action of destruction ..  He enjoys destruction ..  Joy in Creation ..  Joy in destruction ..

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