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rUpam purANamaNibhi: shR^itivajradIptam 
	padmApatermunijanastadala~nchakAra |
tatra tvayA virachitam tu maNipravAla 
	vAgbhUShaNam hi nitarAm bhuvanArya bhAti ||

Meaning:

bhuvanArya 			- O! Lokacharya.
munijana: 			- Rishis such as Parasara and Vyasa
purANa maNibhi: 		- with the purana jewels such as Vishnu Puranam and Mahabharatam,
ala~nchakAra 			- decorated
tatrUpam 			- the celebrated divine body of
padmApate: 			- Sriman Narayana
shruti vajra dIptam 		- that is illuminated by the diamond like Vedas.
tatra 				- In that divine body
maNipravAla vAgbhUShaNam tu 	- Sri Vachana Bhushanam written in maNi pravALAm (a mixture of Sanskrit and Tamil - gems and corals)
virachitam 			- authored
tvayA 				- by you
nitarAm bhAti hi 		- is shining very brightly.

Vyakhyana Saram:
In this shloka, Vedanta Desikan says that the Lord's divine and delicate body is protected by the Vedas that form a very hard (hard as a diamond) armor. And on that armor, the puranas are the garlands made of gems - puranas such as Sri Vishnu Puranam authored by Parasara maharishi and Mahabharatam authored by Vyasa maharishi.

However, Desikan says, more than the diamond like armor and the garland made of gems, it is Sri Vachana Bhushanam authored by Pillai Lokacharyar, that is made of precious stones (Sanskrit words) and corals (Tamil words), that especially illuminates His divine body.

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

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