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sa~nchIvanI charaNareNukaNAvalI te 
	samsAratakshaka mukhakshata mugdhajanto: |
lokAryavarya karuNAmR^ita sAraNI tu 
	samvillatAm kalayate hR^idaye prarUDhAm ||

Meaning:

lokAryavarya 			- O! Lokacharya.
tava charaNa reNu kaNa AvalI 	- A small portion of the dust from your divine feet
sa~nchIvanI 			- becomes the medicine that revives
kshata mugdha janto: 		- the being that fainted due to the wound caused by the bite
samsAra takshaka mukha 		- of the mouth of the snake that is samsara.
te karuNA amR^ita sAraNItu 	- Your mercy that flows like a nectarine canal
prarUDhAm kalayate 		- grows
samvit latAm 			- the plant which is knowledge
hR^idaye 			- in the heart (of devotees).

Vyakhyana Saram:
Samsara has been described as a snake in our sampradhayam. It is the five headed snake that binds us through the five senses. Our acharyas have also described our body as a snake. When Anandazhvan was bit by a snake in his garden in Thirumalai, he remarked that one snake had bit another and waited to see which snake was stronger. Desikan states that this snake has bit the beings of this world and they are collapsed due to that. Their revival and crossing of this ocean is faciliated by the mere dust off the divine feet of Pillai Lokacharyar.

His mercy flows like a river of nectar and through his Sri Suktis he grows the plant of knowledge in the hearts of devotees and leads them to liberation.

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

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