Padhuka Sahasram-820

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

820. rEKhApadhEshathasthvam prashamayithum praLayaviplavAshankAm

vahasi maDhujithpadhAvani! manyE nigamasya mAthrukAlEKhyam

 

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! When the Deluge comes, all get destroyed. One

naturally fears as to what would happen to the Vedas. They have to be

guarded. You fulfill this need by maintaining a master copy, so to

say, in the forms of streaks on You; with that original being on You,

there can be no ground for a fear that the Vedas would be lost.

(Paaduka-worship guarantees Vedic knowledge. Though the Vedas are

referred to as 'the unwritten word', it is in relation to our study

only. The Lord keeps it in a symbolic manner. The Tamil Vedas are

kept as Paaduka-streaks, Paaduka being Nammazhvar himself.)

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 820

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of HayagrIvan , who

destroyed Madhu and Kaitaba! At he time of universal deluge , when

every one worries whether the VedAs will disappear, You show that You

are preserving and protecting the VedAs through Your rEkhAs.

Normally, VedAs can not be written. However on on Your body surface ,

they become symbolically represented as rEkhAs in a condensed form .

 

PaadhukAs are the symbol of Swamy NammAzhwAr. He seems to carry

ThiruvAimozhi or the Tamil vEdAs in the form of rEkhAs to protect and

preserve them forever. Thus both the Aryan and Dravidian vEdAs are

preserved by the PaadhukAs through the form of etched lines

representing them on their surfaces.

 

2) Oh PaadhukE ! VedAs stay in a dimunitive, subtle state, which

makes one doubt whether they exist ( Nigamasya praLaya viplava

aasankAm prasamayithum rEkhA ). During the time of creation , the

VedAs are in an expanded form . When there were doubts about the

existence of VedAs during the time of PraLayam , the rEkhAs on the

PaadhukAs appear like the first edition of a book to assure their

existence ( aasankAm prasamayithum rEkhA upadEsatha: mAthrukA lEkhyam

vahasi)...(V.S).