Hope that, this generation people might not aware of this snuff, that too there is no great chance of awareness among urban youths. However, around 2 decades before, it is commonly used by both men and women of our land.
Inside our nose, there are considerable amount of varma points and it is called as kannadi varmam in varma books. Inhaling of this powder stimulates these varma points and perk up the brain, since it is made up of pungent materials. The tingling feel got by the user make them addicted to this powder over period of time.
The benefit of using this powder is that the tingling feel makes the person sneeze through which the small microbes, the water in nose will get out. However, medical science note this powder as unhealthy habit and correlate this to smoking and chewing tobacco. This habit will invite the cancer, which is deadly disease.
However, Bogar noted down it in different aspect and said about benefits of this powder. Let us see one of his poems from “Bogar 7000” as follows:
போடவே மூக்குப் பொடியைக்கேளு
podavae mookup podiyaik kaelu
பெரிதான வறட்டிசுண்டி வேரைவாங்கி
perithaana varattisundi vaeraivaangi
நீடவே நிழல்உலர்த்திப் பொடியாய்ப்பண்ணி
needavae nizhal ularththip podiyaaippanni
நெரிசாய சீலைவடி கட்டிக்கொண்டு
nerisaaya seelaivadi kattikkondu
தேடவே குடுக்கைதனில் அடைத்துவைத்துச்
thaedavae kudukkai thanil adaiththuvaiththuch
சிறியதாக நுனிவிரலில் பிடித்துகொண்டு
siriyathaaka nuniviralil pidiththukkondu
வாடவே வாசியோடு உற்றிவாங்கி
vaadavae vaasiyoadu uttrivaangi
மவுனமாம் சிகரத்தால் ரேசிப்பாயே
Mavunamaam sikaraththaal raesippaayae.
ரேசித்தால் நிராகாரத் தடைப்புநீங்கி
raesiththaal niraakaarath thadaippuneengi
நின்மலமாம் அதீதத்தின் ஒளியோமீறும்
ninmalamaam atheethaththin oliyoameerum
தூசித்தால் சுழிமுனைதான் எட்டிட்டுஏறும்
thoosiththaal suzhimunaithaan ettitu-aerum
தூசான அழுக்கெல்லாம் சிந்திவீழும்
thoosaana azhukkellaam sinthiveezhum
காசித்த கபாலமது கெட்டியாகும்
kaasiththa kapaalamathu kettiyaakum
கண்ஒளிதான் கேசரத்தில் நின்றுபார்க்கில்
kanolithaan kaesaraththil ninrupaarkkil
ஆசித்த வடுக்காறு முருவிக்காணும்
aasiththa vadukkaaru muruvikkaanum
அந்தரத்தின் ஒளியெல்லாம் அருகுமாமே
antharaththin oliyellaam arukumaamae.
- போகர் (Bogar)
The root of Varatti kandi plant should be taken and get dried off in shadow and then grind it down. Then this grinded powder is then filtered using seelai and stored it in a container. Periodically, this powder now can be taken a bit with finger tips and should be inhaled along with breathing air.
On inhaling, the feel of purity will get brightened and moreover all impurities like dusts will emerge out. The skull will get hardened. On keeping our vision in kaesaram, everything is visible to eyes. Bogar says, even one can have vision on the light of inner senses.
Interesting right! Of course, this is one among the information which needs research attention.
Original – www.siththarkal.com
Translated by Lalithambika Rajasekaran
