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hR^idantaratama: prabhAmanubhavanti bhaktim pare
	prapattimapi kechana prabalakarmanirmUlinIm |
jagadguruvara dvayam bhavatu siddhidam sAdhanam
	vayam tava padAmbuja smaraNameva manyAmahe ||

Meaning:

jagadguruvara 			- O! Lokacharya.
pare 				- Others
anubhavanti 			- understand
bhaktim 			- devotion to the Lord
hR^id antara tama: prabhAm 	- as the light that removes the darkness of the mind.
kechana 			- Some
anubhavanti 			- understand
prapattimapi 			- surrendering to the Lord
prabalakarma nirmUlinIm 	- as removing the strong sins completely.
bhavatu 			- Let it be 
dvayam 				- that both of these
sAdhanam 			- means
siddhidam 			- accomplish the above said tasks.
vayam 				- We
manyAmahe 			- determine that
tava padAmbuja smaraNam eva 	- meditating on your divine feet alone
siddhidam sAdhanam 		- as the means that removes both ignorance and sins.

Vyakhyana Saram:
There are many who say that Bhakti and Prapatti both are the appropriate means to destroy ignorance and the karmas and elevate the soul to liberation. This is not false. However, for us, the highest and surest path to moksha is the surrender to an acharya (panchamopAyam). It is this that is mentioned by Pillai Lokacharyar as "AchArya abhimAnamE uththArakam" and "bhakthiyil asakthanukku prapaththi; prapaththiyil asakthanukku idhu".

And Swami Desikan follows that by saying in this shloka that it is the divine feet of Pillai Lokacharyar that is our means to moksha.

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

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