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).
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