Ratna gatastha raktha charanam

who keeps her red holy feet on a jewelled platform.

Ratna gatastha- Jewelled platform. What will we do if some VIPs have come to see us? We will receive them with a red-carpet welcome. In tamil, it is said as "RATHINA KAMBALA VARAVERPPU" (It means a welcome with rathna carpet). Our divine mother is the utmost VIP and where is she walking? She is wandering over the roads of vedas and because of making her walk swift, the vedas are providing her a jewelled-carpet platform to walk. This dhyana has left out the space, where she walks actually? In real terms, wherever she walks, she will receive the ratna-carpet welcome. But now where she has to walk? It is in the wavery mind of sadhaka. Sadhaka should always think of her and she will come and walk towards his mind to control it. During this, the sadhaka is providing her the ratna-platform. Is it possible? What is the meaning of "rathna" here? You cannot pacify mother with a jewelled platform or coral crown. No gems is superior infront of her. Also they are just like a dust before her beauty. Also she cannot be pacified with these silly materialistic things. She should be welcomed by the sadhaka in his mind with the pure thoughts like gems and jewels. The thoughts of sadhaka should think of only his mother and hence it should turn like a gem, which is ready to receive the red-feet of holy mother.

Raktha charanaam: Red-feets

Why her feets are red? Since she is walking all around in the vedas, her feet has turned "red" in colour. It has been quoted like this in "Abhirami andhadi"

"Azhagukku oruvarum ovvadha valli
Arumaraigal pazhagi chivandha padhampuyathal..."

We will say mythologically that the hands of Karna were red in colour, since he always give something to others with his hands. Our divine mother is also like that only, she has the capability of fulfilling all the requirements of her devotee with her holy feets themselves. The dust attached with the holy feet has the power to give energy for shiva to destroy, vishnu to protect, brahma to create. Such is the power of her lotus feet. Since always devotees like devas, yakshas, gandhravas, sages, nagas, vasus, etc. are all holding her feets continously, they turn red.