Lokacharya Panchasat - 3

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 3: yatpANipadmadhruta kA~nchana vetravallI spandas suredrabhaya bha~njana lampaTAtmA |vaikuNThasUripariShatprabhuratra sharma soyam vikAsayatu sUtravatIpatirme || Meaning: ayam - (May) this Senai Mudhaliyar,yatpANipadma - who in his lotus like handsdhruta kA~nchana vetravallI - has the slender golden sceptrespanda: - whose movementsurendra bhaya bha~njana lampaTa AtmA - has the wish of removing the fear in the mind of Indra,vaikuNTha sUri pariShat prabhu: - who is the leader of the nityasUris in Vaikunta, andsUtravatI pati: - who is the husband of Sutravati,vikAsayatu - help blossomsharma - happinessme - in me,atra - in

this world. Swami Desikan wrote this work in praise of Pillai Lokacharyar, the son of Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai. In the first ten shlokas, he praises the acharya lineage of Sri Ranganatha, Sri Ranga Nachchiyar, Senai Mudhaliyar, Nammazhvar, Ramanuja, Kooraththazhvan/Embar/ Bhattar/Nanjeeyar, Nampillai, Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai , Pillai Lokacharyar and Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar. From the eleventh shloka onward, the work is entirely about Pillai Lokacharyar. In the first shloka, he performs mangalashasana to Sri Ranaganatha - the Perumal who was worshipped by Brahma in Satya Loka and then given to the Ikshvaku vamsa and eventually prayed to by Sri Rama Himself. After Sri Rama's coronation, He was given to Vibheeshana and was established by him in the middle of

Kaveri River at Srirangam. Desikan asks that this Lord give us all prosperity. In the second shloka, he performs mangalashasana to Periya Pirattiyar. She is praised as being the Mother of this world and who left Her lotus and came to Srirangam to be close to Her children. He asks that the grace that flows in great waves from the corners of Her eyes should reach us. In this shloka, he performs mangalashasana to Senai Midhaliyar. Vishvaksena carries a sceptre in his hand which represents that he has been given the responsibility to run this world by the Lord. Desikan is stating that the mere gentle movement of this stick is enough to chase away all the asuras and evil doers and make them run away; thereby removing the fear in the minds of Indra and the devas. He is the leader of all

nityasuris in Paramapadham and his wife's name is Sutravati ("ondodiyAL sUthravathi uRai mArban vAzhiyE"). Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale SharanamPillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale SharanamAzhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan http://www.acharya.org

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