Lokacharya Panchasat - 23

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 23: vigataviShayatR^ishNa: kR^iShNapAdAshrayAtmA dramiDanigamadarshI deshikAnAm pradhAna: |madhurakavivachobhi: mAnanIyo mamAsau shaTaripuriva lokAchAryavaryo vibhAti || Meaning: shaTaripuriva - Like Nammazhvar,vigata viShaya tR^ishNa: - who did not have affinity to the lowly matters of this world,kR^iShNa pAda Ashraya AtmA - who had the mind that considers the divine feet of Lord Krishna as its place,dramiDa nigama darshI - who created the Tamil Vedas (Thiruviruththam,

ThiruvAsiriyam, Periya Thiruvandhadhi and Thiruvaymozhi),deshikAnAm pradhAna: - who is the most important amongst acharyas,mAnanIya: - who is worthy of being praised and honoredmadhurakavi vachobhi: - by the verses of Madhurakavi Azhvar,asau - thislokAchAryavarya: - Pillai LokacharyavibhAti - is present mama - to me. In this shloka Swami Desikan is stating that he is saluting Pillai Lokacharyar through his verses just like Madhurakavi Azhvar praisedand honored Nammazhvar through his eleven verses known as KanninunSiruththambu. Thus, Lokacharya Panchasat can be called as LokacharyaKanninun Siruththambu. The first three lines of this shloka are about Nammazhvar, but theycan also be interpreted as being about Pillai Lokacharyar. Then, the meaning for those lines would be as follows: kR^iShNa pAda Ashraya AtmA - one who surrendered to Krishnapada who is also

knownas Vadakku Thiruveedhip Pillai ; dramiDa nigama darshI - one whounderstands the Tamil Vedas; madhurakavi vachobhi: - through thesweet verses of poets. This is the poetic excellence of Swami Desikan. Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale SharanamPillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale SharanamAzhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/LokacharyaPanchasat/index.html

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