Vedanta Desika in "Yatiraja Saptati" (Verse 23) also adopts the same metaphor. The tenor of his observation is like this.
A snake charmer who has successfully mastered the Garuda Mantra saves the life of a person in whose body poison is spreading due to snake bite by reciting the Mantra and contemplating on the king of birds, thus ridding him of the poison.
Shri Bhashyakara is like a snake charmer. He has successfully mastered various Mantras like Ashtakshara, Dvaya etc., having received their teaching from his Acharyas.
He shines as the king of sannyasis.
The bondage of samsara inflicts harm on sentient beings like a serpent, because of which the poison of desire for worldly pleasures spreads within us in various ways.
A snake charmer who has successfully mastered the Garuda Mantra saves the life of a person in whose body poison is spreading due to snake bite by reciting the Mantra and contemplating on the king of birds, thus ridding him of the poison.
Shri Bhashyakara is like a snake charmer. He has successfully mastered various Mantras like Ashtakshara, Dvaya etc., having received their teaching from his Acharyas.
He shines as the king of sannyasis.
The bondage of samsara inflicts harm on sentient beings like a serpent, because of which the poison of desire for worldly pleasures spreads within us in various ways.
Ramanuja meditates on the Great Lord Whose Banner is The Garuda and successfully prays at His Feet for the removal of the poison from us, thus saving our lives.
Cite from Saptagiri Magazine, 1989 January issue
