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yatipravara bhAratIjalanidhim prapIyAmalam
	jagatguruvalAhaka: paTu vavarSha bhUmau jalam |
vikAsamagamat param vinatasasya pa~NktistadA
	pravAhabahulAbhavat nigamamaulividyAnadI ||

Meaning:

jagatguru valAhaka:  		- The cloud that is Nampillai
prapIya  			- drank well
amalam yatipravara bhAratI 
  jalanidhim  			- from the blemishless ocean that are the Srisuktis of Yatiraja (Nanjeeyar)
paTu vavarSha  			- and well rained
jalam  				- the water
bhUmau  			- on the earth.
tadA  				- At that time
nigamamauli vidyA nadI  	- the river that is Vedantic knowledge
pravAha bahulA abhavat  	- became a flood.
vinatasasya pa~Nkti  		- (Therefore) the field that is the devotees
param vikAsam agamat 	 	- blossomed.

Vyakhyana Saram:
In our sampradhayam we say that the Lord is the ocean and that Nammazhvar is the cloud that drank from that ocean and rained his grace on this world. Swami Desikan is showing a similar comparison in this shloka - here Nampillai who blessed Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai (who is the father of Pillai Lokacharyar) is the cloud, that drank from the ocean that are the Srisuktis of his acharya Nanjeeyar. Nanjeeyar was a great acharya and a sanyasi and therefore he is refered to as yati pravara - the best amongst yatis.

The great meanings broughtforth by Nampillai became a flood of Vedantic knowledge in this world and all devotees who immersed in that had the lamp of knowledge lit in their hearts.

The word jagatguru - Lokacharyar - originally was given to Nampillai ("thunnu pugazh kanthAdai thOzhappar tham ugappAl, enna ulagAriyanO enRuraikka"). It was later given to the elder son of Vadakkuth Thiruveedhip Pillai - who came to be known as Pillai Lokacharyar.

This shloka can also be shown to apply to him - that is, the word jagatguru refering to Pillai Lokacharyar. In that case, the yatipravara would refer to Swami Ramanuja himself. Pillai Lokacharyar would be the cloud that drank from the Srisukti ocean of Ramanuja and poured the great meanings on this world for the upliftment of devotees. It has been shown by great acharyas that the divine meanings of the rahasya granthas given by Pillai Lokacharyar are the same as told by Swami Ramanuja.

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

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