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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>33. VedOpabruhmaNakutUhalinA NibaDdham
> VishvamBharAshrutiBhavEna MaharShiNA Yat
> VyAsEna yaccha MaDhusUdhanaPAdharakshE!
> DvE ChakshuShI TvadanuBhAvamavEkshitum Na:
>
>Oh Paaduka! The two works, Srimad Ramayana and Mahabharata, which
>were given by Sage Valmiki (born out of the ant-hill, regarded as the ear 
>for Lady Earth) and by Sage Vyasa respectively, for assisting in the 
>transmission of the Vedic thought to people-are the two eyes serving us to 
>perceive your greatness.

>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,
>SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
***************************

(1) UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: The glory of the Lord's Paadhukhais 
have their basis in the VedAs. That basis is elaborated and
celebrated by Sage VaalmIki in Srimath RaamAyaNam and by Sage
VyAsA in Srimath BhAgavatham .This verse points out that 
the above two works of Sages VaalmIki and VyAsA serve as two
eyes for experiencing the glory of the Lord's PaadhukhAs . 
Sage VaalmIki describes with reverence the glory of Sri Raama's
PaadhukhAs worshipped by BharathA . In BhAgavatham , VyAsar 
describes the story of Uddhavar ,who received the upadEsam 
directly from Lord KrishNA on Moksha Dharmam;after that upadEsam,
Uddhavar carried Lord KrishNA's Paadhukhais on his head and 
worshipped them at BadarikAsramam.In many other purANAs also ,
Vyaasar extolls the PrabhAvam of the Lord's PaadhukhAs .

(2) Andavan Anubhavam : It is very diificult for us to comprehend
the true meaning of the Vedha manthrams.Both Sage VaalmIki and 
Sage VyAsA composed Srimath RaamAyaNam and MahA Bhaaratham 
to make it easy for us to understand the inner meanings of 
the Vedha manthrams .Both these granthams serve as two eyes 
for us to experience the prabhAvam of the Lord's Paadhukhais
(i-e)., the prabhAvam of the paadhukhais are dealt at great 
length . They have a large coverage of the BhakthAs , who
were servasnts of the lord's sacred feet .

(3) The Two sages --Sri ValmIki and VyAsar - are described 
by Swami Desikan as Vedha Upabruhmana kuthUhalina:( those
who eagerly wanted to make clear the true meanings of 
the Vedhams ).The word kuthUhalam is chosen by Swami 
to indicate their joy and fervour to make the meanings 
of the Vedhams clear to the people of the world. Madhurakvi
AzhwAr's 9th paasuram is to be remembered here :

Mikka vEdhiyar vEdhatthin uttporuL
niRka paadi yenn nenjuL niRutthinAn 
takka seerSatakOpan yenn nampikku aatt
pukka kaathal adimaip payananRE 

(meaning): NammaazhwAr blessed me with ThiruvAimozhi
and made sure those sacred verses , which are the inner
meanings of the Vedhams recited by Parama VaidhikAs ,
stayed firm and clear in my mind. The desire (kuthUhalam)
to engage in kaimkaryam to my AchAryan NammAzhwAr 
transformed immediately into the desired fruit of performing 
kaimkaryam for him ."Vedha UpabruhmaNam" referred to in 
this slOkam is the echo of the phrase ,"Vedhatthin UttporuL "
used by Madhurakavi AzhwAr in his KaNNInuNN siRiutthAmpu
prabhandham , where he saluted with joy the PrabhAvam
of his AchAryan ,Swami NammazhwAr , the Paadhukhais 
of the Lord ......V.S

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 








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