Those who went to the army would most probably know that "hentak
kaki" brings you to nowhere, even when one spends lots of energy,
effort and time stomping the foot, but you move neither forward nor
backwards, i.e. staying on the same spot but wasting
energy.
"Churah ayer di ata daon keladi" - To pour water onto the
keladi leaves - akin to "hentak kaki" - no matter
how much water one pours onto the keladi leaves, no water gets to
stay on the keladi leaves as it is too soft to collect any water,
i.e. wasting energy
Thus both verses point to - ' futile effort ' .
Gd morning.
Bang, that I learned from my kids when they went to the
army.
