Vedanta Desika, Vairagya and Vidyaranya...

The story behind "Shree Vairagya-Panchakam" by OM VishnuPad Vedanta Deshika MahAcharya:

Cited from 

"ACHARYA-PANCHASAT OF VENKATADHVARIN", 

English-Sanskrit translated by by A.K. Kalia, edition Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad, 1982