SRI PILLAI LOKACHARYA # 3

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha!

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya

 

lo:ka:cha:rya:ya gurave: krishna pa:dasya su:nave:|

samsa:ra bho:gi sandashta ji:va ji:va:thave: namaha||

 

Sri PL, along with Sri Vedanta Desika, represent two stalwarts of sri

vaishnavam, who put their very lives in harm’s way to save critical

aspects of our samprada:yam during the difficult times of Mohammedan

invasions. Details of Sri PL’s role is expounded in greater detail in guru

parampara prabhavam.

 

His Works:-

 

1. Srivachanabhusanam (SVB)

2. Tattvatrayam

3. Mumukshuppadi

4. Arthpanchakam

5. Archiradi

6. Prameyasekharam

7. Prapannaparithranam

8. Sa:rasangraham

9. Samsarasamrajyam

10. Navaratnamalai

11. Navavidhasambandham

12. Yadricchikapadi

13. Parandapadi

14. Sriyapatippadi

15. Tattvasekharam

16. Tanidwayam

17. Tanicharamam

18. Tanipranavam

 

Orthodox accounts indicate that Sri PL reached the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana

at the advanced age of 95, after a lifetime dedicated to service of bha:gavathas

and our Lord.

 

Nothing more need be said about Sri PiLLai lokacharya's significance

of contributions or heights of intellectual achievement, when one of the

brightest stalwarts of sri vaishnavam, Swami desikan, inspired by his senior

contemporary, extols Sri PL’s virtues in Lokachary's panchashat, a stotra

composed by Swami desikan in praise of Swami PL:

 

janijaladhi pari:tha:ka:ra leena:tma panktyau

trividha vishaya trishna ra:kshasi peedithayau

Bhuvanaguru varo:da:th sri:mati:m sukti bhu:sha:m

Pavanaja iva de:vyai pa:ni bhu:sha:m svabhartha:m ….

 

Lokacharya panchasat - 15

 

(As Sri Hanuman relieved Sita’s suffering by giving her Sri Rama’s

ornament, so did our esteemed lokacharya by giving the array of

ornaments called sri vachana bhu:shanam, guaranteed to bring relief to

the multitude of souls, lost in the quagmire of samsa:ra, enslaved by

three kinds of ra:kshasis (demons) called sensory thirst).

 

 

 

Andal Tiruvadigale Saranam.

madhava Ramanuja dasan.