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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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