Padhuka Sahasram-811

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

811. sUchayanthIm svarEKhABhiranAlEKhyasarasvathIm

alEKhanIyasoUndharyAmAshrayE shoUripAdhukAm

 

I cling to the Paadukas of the Lord-the Paaduka that possesses

streaks which represent the unwritten Vedas and which are of a beauty

that cannot be depicted by writing.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

 

Introduction to rEkhA Paddahthi : THis Paddhathi is the 27th

Paddhathi of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram . It has ten

slOkams that salute the rEkhAs (lines) found on the surface of

the PaadhukAs .Since our Lord's sacred feet rest on the PaadhukAs ,

the auspicious lines and patterns found on His holy feet are also

seen as imprints on the surface of the PaadhukAs.

 

SlOkam 811:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: I surrender unto the Lord's

Paadhukais bearing the lines and patterns of indescribable beauty.

Through those beautiful lines, the PaadhukAs denote the unwritten

VedAs.

 

Swamy Desikan suggests that the rEkhAs are not alphabets

or words. They represent the VedAs cherished by the oral tradition.

When the devotees who have learnt the VedAs throught the oral

tradition look at these rEkhAs, they are immediately reminded of the

different sections of the VedAs. They recognize the representation of

the various sections through the pattern of the rEkhAs on

the Paadhukais.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The people belonging to the fourth

varNam do not get initiated into the learning of the VedAs. Swamy

NammAzhwAr was born in the fourth varNam and did not get initated

into the Sanskritic VedAs out of His respect for VarNAsrama

dharmams. (As an amsam of VishvaksEnar , he had full awarenes sof the

Vedams and their messages) For the benfit of all including the people

born in the fourth varNam, Swamy NammAzhwAr created the Tamil Vedam

(His dhivya Prabhandhams). The recitation of His Four Tamil

Prabhandhams remind one of the content of the other Four Vedams in

Sanskrit(dEva BhAshai) .

 

3) Through its lines and patterns , the Paadhukais of the Lord of

Srirangam reminds one symbolically of the Vedams that can not be

written down and can be learnt only through the oral route ( sva

rEkhAbhi: anAlEkhya Sarsvatheem soochayanthim ). Swamy Desikan

offers his SaraNAgathy to those Paadhukais of the Lord , whose beauty

can not be described by writings ( alEkhaneeya soundharyAm Souri

paadhukAm aasrayE)...(V.S).