Lokacharya Panchasat - 9

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 9: vatsAnvavAya varaNIya paya: payodhe: jAtodayau jagati kaustubha chandrabimbau |manye jagatvitata kAnti kalAvilAsau lokArya sundaravarau kila kR^iShNa hR^idyau || Meaning:manye - I meditate onlokArya sundaravarau - Pillai Lokacharyar and Azhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar, who arekaustubha chandrabimbau - like the Kaustubha jewel and the MoonjAta udayau - which were bornjagati - in this worldpaya: payodhe: - from the milky oceanvatsa anvavAya - known as Srivatsa lineagevaraNIya - which is desirable,jagat vitata kAnti kalA vilAsau - who possess the shining light and arts that are famous in this world, and kR^iShNa hR^idyau -

who are the sons of Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai who bring delight to his heart. Pillai Lokacharyar and Azhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar are the two illustrious sons of Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai. Lokacharyar was the name given to Nampillai by Kandhadai Thozhappar. When a son was born to Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai through the blessings of his acharya Nampillai, he named him Pillai Lokacharya in honor of his acharya. Later, a second son was born to him with the blessings of Sri Ranganathan Himself and he named him Azhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar.The two brothers stayed as brahmacharis throughout theirlives and dedicated themselves to the growth of Ramanujasampradhayam. They wrote amazing works such as SrivachanaBhushanam and Acharya Hrudhayam.Swami Desikan is saluting these great acharyas of thesampradhayam in this shloka. It is to be noted that boththese acharyas were

much older than Desikan (by about60 years or so). It is likely that Nayanar had attainedparamapadham by the time Desikan arrived at Srirangamwhile Pillai Lokacharyar was very elderly and decoratingthe senior acharya position at Srirangam. Pillai Lokacharyar and Vedanta Desikan were key in saving oursampradhayam (Namperumal and the treatise Sruta Prakasika)during the islamic army's sacking of Srirangam.In this shloka, the adjectives of possessing the shininglight like the Kaustubha jewel and the arts like theMoon are directed toward both Pillai Lokacharyar andAzhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar. Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale SharanamPillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale SharanamAzhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan http://www.acharya.org

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