Lokacharya Panchasat - 49

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 49:doShA yena kR^itA murArikaruNAsArApagArodhakA: shailendrA: shatasho vasanti na guNasyANoraNurdR^ishyate |lokAchArya janam tamenamalasam rakshedbhavAmshchet tata: padmAkAntadayAdayo varaguNAstasmimstu tebhyo nama: || Meaning: lokAchArya - O! Lokacharya.yena - By whoshatasha: kR^itA: doShA: - the hundreds of sins that were committed,shailendrA: - that are like mountainsvasanti - that steadilymurAri karuNA sArApagA rodhakA: - block the river of grace from the Lord;(in who)guNasya aNo: aNurapi - even the smallest of good deedsna dR^ishyate - cannot be seen;bhavAn rakshet chet - if you savealasam enam janam - such a lazy person,tata: - after thattasmimstu - in

himvara guNA: - (whatever) lofty qualitiespadmAkAnta dayAdaya: - of Sriman Narayana such as graceyesanti - are present,tebhyo nama: - a salute to them (that is, there is no need for them). Vyakhyana Saram:Sriman Narayana is known as the ocean of mercy. However, it is difficult for even His mercy to flow toward the chetana who has performed countlesssins and no good deeds. Like a great mountain, they try to block even Hisgrace. But, Pillai Lokacharyar's mercy flows even toward these souls and he lets them attain salvation. In this manner, he is even greater than Him. Hence Swami Desikan says that we can give a salute to His great qualities such as mercy as we now have Pillai Lokacharyar's grace.Here it is appropriate to think of Lokacharyar's thaniyan that says heis the medicine that saves the soul that has been bit by the Samsarasnake ("samsAra bhogi sandaShTa jIva jIvAtave

nama:"). Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam