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buvanagurUttama chaturaranga purApaNika:
	kaliripu dAsavarya kalitAmala sUktimaNIn |
guNapaNasangraheNa nipuNAya dadAtihitAn
	ata punareva vR^ittimupayAnti vichitramidam ||

Meaning:

buvana gurUttama  		- Pillai Lokacharyar
chatura rangapura ApaNika:  	- who is the shopkeeper in the talented shop which is Srirangam
dadAti  			- gives
nipuNAya  			- to the smart disciple
tAn  				- the popular
kaliripu dAsavarya kalit
  amala sUktimaNIn  		- faultless jewels that are the sUktis of Kalikanri Dasa (Nampillai),
guNapaNa sangraheNa 		- taking as cost the good qualities of his disciples.
ata  				- Then
upayAnti  			- (these jewels) attain
punar eva vR^ittim  		- growth again.
idam vichitramhi  		- Is this not amazing?

Vyakhyana Saram:
Swami Desikan is stating that Nampillai's divine suktis are faultless jewels. This is most appropriate. The story of the acharya who used one of his srisuktis to remove the doubt on Ramayana in the mind of the king should be remembered here. His disciples have written a pasuram that states that a few words of Nampillai will fetch a whole country.

As opposed to the jewels of this world that stay the same, Desikan points out that Nampillai's srisuktis grow after they have been given by Pillai Lokacharyar to his disciples. This is the nature of knowledge. It does not reduce or stay stagnant but keeps growing. It is like a shopkeeper (Pillai Lokacharyar) who sells jewels but they keep growing in his shop - Desikan is pointing out this amazing situation in his shloka.

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

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