Lokacharya Panchasat - 21

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 21: paTuprathamadeshikairvirachitA: prabandhA: pare rahasyatrayapadAvalIvivaraNe pravR^ttA: param |jagadgurumukhoditA: jagati bhAntyamI bhAskarA: bhavaprabhavasarvarI vibhava mochanAhaskarA: || Meaning: pare prabandhA: - Great worksvirachitA: - authoredpaTu prathamadeshikai: - by intellectual pUrvacharyas param pravR^ttA: - are engagedrahasya traya pada AvalI vivaraNe - in explaining the range of parts of the Rahasya Trayam (Thirumanthram, Dvayam and Charama Shlokam).amI prabandhA: - The works explaining the Rahasya Trayamjagadguru mukha uditA: - that come from the divine mouth of

Pillai LokacharyarbhAnti - shinebhAskarA:- (like) the Sunpara prabhavasarvarI vibhava mochana ahaskarA - that removes the darkness of the night which is the countless births and deaths in this samsarajagati - in this world. Poorvacharyas such as Kooraththazhvan and Bhattar wrote works thatexplained the meanings of the Rahasya Traya. But these works havebecome nonextant or are short in length (though deep in meaning).Pillai Lokacharyar wrote extensive works on the Rahasya Traya -some short, some long and some medium; some focusing on all threeand some explaining only one of the three; some in maNi pravaLAmand some in Tamil. Through these great works which shine like theSun, he removed the darkness of this world which is nothing butbeing caught in the endless cycle of samsara. Swami Desikan issaluting the nobility of Pillai Lokacharyar and his works in

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