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shR^iNomi yadi vaidikAn makhavidhIn jagaddeshika
	prakR^iShTajanasevitAn ahaha me mana: kampate |
ahetukadayArasairavati dInajIvAn mudA
	ramApatiriti tvayA rachitasUktibhirmodate ||

Meaning:

jagaddeshika 			- O! Lokacharya.
yadi shR^iNomi 			- If I listen
vaidikAn makhavidhIn 		- to the acts said in the Vedas
prakR^iShTajanasevitAn 		- that are followed by the people who are great in knowledge and power,
me manaL 			- my mind
kampate 			- shudders.
ahaha 				- Ah!
ramApati: 			- Sriman Narayana
avati 				- saves (gives moksha)
mudA 				- with happiness
dInajIvAn 			- the poor souls that have nothing to do with the means such as Karma yoga
ahetuka dayArasai: 		- with the grace that flows without expecting anything.
rachita sUktibhi: 		- Through the divine Srisuktis
tvayA 				- (authored) by you
iti 				- (that say) thus
me mana: 			- my mind
modate 				- becomes happy.

Vyakhyana Saram:
Those who desire to attain moksha through bhakti yoga have to do karma yoga first. As part of the karma yoga, they have to perform yagas and other acts. Swami Desikan says that his mind shudders upon hearing that. This is due to the fact that we have no strength to follow these strict rituals. Upon hearing the Srisuktis of Pillai Lokacharyar (such as Sri Vachana Bhushanam) that clearly delineate that Sriman Narayana gives moksha to us without desiring anything in return (nirhetuka krupa), Vedanta Desikan says that his fear was removed and his mind became happy.

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

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