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tava charaNasarojasparshadhanyastu kaschit
	phaNipatipura bAhyodyAna sImAnivAsI |
bhuvanaguruvara shrIpadmanAbhasya pAde
	vilayamagamadArAnmAnavairdR^ishyamAna: ||

Meaning:

bhuvanaguruvara 		- O! Pillai Lokacharya
tava charaNa saroja
  sparshadhanya: 		- through the merit of the relationship with your divine lotus feet,
ka: chit 			- Vilanjsolai Pillai
phaNipati pura bAhya
  udyAna sImA nivAsI 		- who lived in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram,
vilayam agamad ArAn 		- attained
shrI padmanAbhasya pAde 	- the divine feet of Padmanabha
mAnavai: dR^ishyamAna: 		- while being watched by the people.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Vilanjsolai Pillai was one of the disciples of Pillai Lokacharyar. He was born in a low caste like Thiruppanazhvar and Maraneri Nambi. It was to Vilanjsolai Pillai and Koorakuloththama Dasar that Pillai Lokacharyar instructed to bring Thiruvaymozhi Pillai, then known as Srisailesa, into the Srivaishnava fold from his position as minister in the city of Madurai. Thiruvaymozhi Pillai also learned the meanings of Sri Vachana Bhushanam from Vilanjsolai Pillai at Thiruvananthapuram, as per the instruction of Koorakuloththama Dasar. When Vilanjsolai Pillai left this world there, Thiruvaymozhi Pillai performed final rites for him without worrying about caste - just like Periya Nambi did for Maraneri nambi.

Vilanjsolai Pillai wrote the work Saptha Kadhai which explains in seven pasurams the greatness of acharya vaibhavam.

Desikan is saluting this disciple of Pillai Lokacharyar in this shloka. His ascension to His divine abode, at Thiruvananthapuram, is explained as being due to the relationship with the divine lotus feet of Pillai Lokacharyar. In the Srivaishnava sampradhayam, it is the relationship to the acharya's lotus feet that gets moksha to a Srivaishnava.

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

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