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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.
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