Padukasahasra 9.1

9.1

namaste pāduke puṃsāṃ saṃsārārṇavasetave |
yadārohasya vedāntā vandivaitālikāḥ svayam ||

Homage to you, O sandal, the bridge over the ocean of saṃsāra for men, / for whose ascent the Upaniṣads themselves / are the bards and heralds.