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dayA mudamupAgamat damashamakshamA bhUShitA:
	viraktirapishobhate vimalavidyayAla~NkR^itA |
muhussumatisamskR^itA lasati viShNubhaktirguNA:
	vivekajanakam jagadgurumupAshritA bhAntyamI ||

Meaning:

dayA 				- Mercy
upAgamat 			- attained
mudam 				- happiness.
shama dama kshamA: 		- Control of the senses, modesty and patience
bhUShitA: 			- became decorated.
viraktirapi 			- Indifference to lowly things
ala~NkR^itA 			- that is decorated
vimala vidyayA 			- by the spotless knowledge
shobhate 			- shined.
viShNu bhakti: 			- Devotion to Sriman Narayana
muhu: sumati samskR^itA 	- that is frequently matured by good knowledge
lasati 				- is present.
amI guNA: 			- These qualities
upAshritA: santa: 		- have attained
jagat gurum 			- Lokachariar,
viveka janakam 			- who creates common sense and knowledge,
bhAnti 				- and are present.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Mercy is the quality of feeling empathy on seeing someone else's difficulty. Virakti is the quality of indifference toward things that are not worthy of being sought (that is, seeking only Him). Vidya is the true knowledge. Bhakti is devotion to Sriman Narayana and His devotees.

Desikan is stating in this shloka that all these qualities were formed with Pillai Lokachariar.

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

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