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praNamya charaNau tava praNatadehinAm kAmadau
	idam kimapi vA~nchitam bhuvanadeshika prArthaye |
asAraphaNitikshamAcharaNamadya hitvA mana:
	prayAtu padavIm shubhAm vachanabhUShaNAla~NkR^itAm ||

Meaning:

bhuvanadeshika 			- O! Lokacharya.
tava charaNau 			- At your divine feet
praNata dehinAm kAmadau 	- that give what the people who bow seek,
praNamya 			- I bow
prArthaye 			- and ask
idam kimapi 			- this one thing
vA~nchitam 			- that I seek.
hitvA 				- Giving up
asAra phaNiti kshamA charaNam 	- wandering in the land of worthless words,
mana: 				- (let) my mind
adya 				- now
prayAtu 			- follow
shubhAm padavIm 		- the divine path
vachanabhUShaNa ala~NkR^itAm 	- that is decorated by Sri Vachana Bhushanam.

Vyakhyana Saram:
In the final prakaranam of Sri Vachana Bhushanam, Pillai Lokachariar gives the essential meaning of the sampradhayam - which is that the true path to liberation is the affection of an acharya. Not the affection that a disciple has to an acharya, but the affection that the acharya has for his disciple. This is captured in his srisukti "AchArya abhimAnamE uththAragam". In this shloka, Swami Desikan prays to Pillai Lokachariar to have his mind let go of all other things and follow this divine path mentioned in that greatest of works, Sri Vachana Bhushanam.

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

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