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vANIpuNyasudhApagAm shaTajita: svairam vigAhyAdarAt
	AnIyAmR^itamatra chakraturubhau pAnIyashAlAtmakam |
yau vAgbhUShaNa desikendrahR^idayAbhikhya prabandhadvayam
	tau vande bhuvanArya sundaravarau kR^iShNAtmajau deshikau ||

Meaning:

vande  				- I salute
tau  				- those
deshikau  			- two acharyas
bhuvanArya  			- Pillai Lokacharyar and
sundaravarau  			- Azhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar
kR^iShNa Atmajau  		- who are the sons of Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai, and 
yau ubhau  			- who
AdarAt  			- with great pleasure
svairam vigAhya  		- immersed freely
vANI puNya sudhApagAm  		- in the pure and divine nectar like Sri Suktis
shaTajita: 			- of Nammazhvar and
amR^itam AnIya  		- brought the nectar
atra  				- to this world
pAnIya shAlA Atmakam  		- in the form of a water center (as easy to attain)
chakratu  			- by authoring
vAk bhUShaNa desikendra hR^idaya 
  abhikhya prabandha dvayam  	- the two granthas known as Srivachana Bhushanam and Acharya Hrudhayam.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Pillai Lokacharyar authored eighteen rahasya granthas called the Ashtadasa Rahasyangal. Of these, the work Srivachana Bhushanam is considered the greatest by Srivaishnava Acharyas. Swami Manavala Mamunigal has dedicated seven verses in his Upadesa Raththinamalai to show the greatness of this work.

Azhagiya Manavalap Perumal Nayanar has written several granthas and vyakhyanams but many are not available at this time. Amongst these works, the grantha Acharya Hrudhayam is considered to be the greatest work. It was written to show the greatness of Swami Nammazhvar and his works as at that time some people were showing tendencies to put down Azhvar.

Swami Desikan is saluting these acharyas for their great contributions which show that Nammazhvar's works are the essence of the four Vedas and that these two granthas are like water to the people of this world who are trapped in the desert like samsAra.

Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

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