Kodayum vadiyum

 

Read a hilarious post of Umbrella and Stick, Koda and Vadi I remembered Koda and Vadi through a joke. Of course the joke is not very fragrant.

 The joke on Koda and Vadi, Umbrella and stick, credited to a Nambuthiri. 

The Nambuthiris invariably carried an umbrella and stick wherever they went.

 Moreover, they used their time and feet to travel a lot. Covering untrodden terrains all over the length and breadth of Kerala

Besides,  in good old days, the entire landscape was a big latrine for people to do justice to their calls of nature in the morning.

The nearby pond was used to wash the exhaust ports and then to have the bath too.

One day, an elderly Nambuthiri with a Koda and Vadi, umbrella and stick was engaged in such a washing process and an irritated person was watching and could not help murmuring.

 "Kodayum vadiyum kondu oronnu vannolum.. കൊടയും വടിയും കൊണ്ട് ഓരോന്ന് വന്നോളും --some dandy will come with an umbrella and a stick..".

 The Nambuthiri was listening to the murmur...

 Coolly he wiped the drops of water in sticking to his buttocks ,  , droplets sticking there after the wash,  and just sprinkled the water on the face of the gentleman who was in a murmuring mood,

and said.. Inno pidicho vadiyum kodayum..  ഇന്നോ പിടിച്ചോ വടിയും കൊടയും

Vadi. In Malayalam means wiping and Koda means shaking and sprinkling. Therefore, the buttock got a wipe off with water and the holy waters splashed on the face of the onlooker.

 An instance where words became prophetic.