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bahuvidhaduritaughe majjatAm mAnavAnAm
	dvayamanukarayugmam samprasAryA~njasA tAn |
taTabhuvamupanIya prApitAsheShavidyAn
	kalayasibhuvanArya tvam kR^ipAchoditAtmA ||

Meaning:

bhuvanArya 			- O! Lokacharya.
kR^ipA chodita AtmA 		- Having the mind that is driven by mercy
tvam 				- you
samprasArya 			- reach out
dvaya manukara yugmam 		- with a pair of divine hands which is Dvayam
bahuvidha durita oghe 		- into the many types of floods of sin in which
mAnavAnAm 			- people
majjatAm 			- are drowning
a~njasA 			- and immediately
tAn taTabhuvam upanIya 		- take them to the banks
kalayasi 			- and make them
prApita asheSha vidyAn 		- attain all knowledge.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Dvaya mahamantram is capable of pulling the chetana out of the samsara ocean and take them ashore. If a person is barely drowning, someone can pull them out with one hand. If the same person is deeply submerged then the rescuer has to reach in with both hands stretched and pull them out. Here, Desikan is stating that Pillai Lokacharyar's divine hands are Dvayam, with its two parts. Reaching the banks means that the chetana will cross the Viraja river and reach the banks of paramapadam.

Dvayopanishad states that if Dvayam is said once it saves a person from the ocean of samsara; at the moment of recitation, sins accumulated through seven births is destroyed; and that the person reciting Dvayam becomes the target of affection of Sriman Narayana. This shows the greatness of Dvayam.

Pillai Lokacharyar gives us the grand meanings of this mantra ratnam to us through his many divine Sri Suktis and through that imparts all knowledge.

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

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