Lokacharya Panchasat - 22

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 22: agamyamahimA janairnigamamaulikAntArabhU- vihArarasiko vrukshakshitibhR^ito vasan kandare |vibhAti vimatonmadadviradakumbhasambhedana kshamoktinakharo mahAn sa jagadAryakaNTIrava: || Meaning: agamya mahimA - Having the greatness not understoodjanai: - by ordinary folk,nigamamauli kAntArabhU vihAra rasika: - understanding the taste of moving in the forest of Vedanta sastra,vasan - while livingkandare - in the cavevruksha kshitibhR^ita: - in the mountain of Dharma (or in the Thiruvengada mountains)vimata unmadadvirada kumbha sambhedana kshama ukti nakhara: - having

the Srisuktis that are like the claws that are capable of breaking the heads of the elephants who are the followers of other philosophies,sa: - the famedmahAn - and greatjagadArya kaNTIrava: - lion that is Pillai LokacharyavibhAti - is present. In our sampradhayam, acharyas have been compared to the elephantand the lion. In Ramanuja Nutrandhadhi, Thiruvarangaththamudhanarcompares Ramanuja to both - "engaL irAmAnusa muni vEzham" and"vali mikka sIyam". In this shloka, Swami Desikan is salutingPillai Lokacharyar as a great lion.This lion has claws that are capable of ripping the heads (brains)of elephants - the elephants in this case are the followers and/orleaders of other sampradhayams. Through his divine Sri Suktis,Pillai Lokacharyar has removed and corrected the ideas made bythem that show the Lord in the wrong light. Vedanta Desikan

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