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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).






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