Narayaneeyam-for Health

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The following link has the complete narayaneeyam with meaning and

audio recitation (if head phone / speaker is switched on)

 

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Introduction to Narayaneeyam

The Narayaneeyam, a great Sanskrit epic, is a brilliant condensation

in 1036 shlokams (stanzas) of the great epic Bhaagavatham composed by

Sage Vyaasa.

The Bhaagavatham describes the entire Hindu beliefs and philosophy of

the origin of the Universe and the purpose of human existence. It

also describes the various incarnations of the Supreme Being to re-

establish righteousness and order in the Universe from time to time.

According to Hindu thought, all beings are subject to continual

cycles of birth-life-death-rebirth.

Bhaagavatham contains advice and instructions for human beings to

achieve Moksha (Salvation) to break out of this eternal cycle and

attain Union with the Supreme Being at His Lotus-Feet The central

theme of Narayaneeyam is Bhakti (devotion). In literary merit, the

Narayaneeyam holds pride of place in Sanskrit poetry, at par with the

works of Kalidasa and other eminent poets. It is divided into 100

Dasakams, most of which comprise ten shlokams each. (More

details.....) This devotional epic was composed by Melpathur Narayana

Bhattapada (also referred to as Bhattathiri) in the ninth decade of

the 16th century A.D.

Scholars have reckoned, with the aid of internal evidence in the epic

itself, that the Narayaneeyam was completed on the 28th day of

Vrischigam month of the Malayalam (Kollam) Era 763 (approximately

November-December,

1587 A.D.).

According to legend, Bhattathiri acquired the dreaded condition of

paralysis, voluntarily, by praying to the Lord Krishna, for

transferring the disease to him from his teacher of Sanskrit grammar,

Achyuta Pisharoty, who had been suffering from it, thereby relieving

his Guru from the ailment.

Subsequently, Bhattathiri had himself carried to the temple of Lord

Krishna at Guruvayur, and lying prostrate before the Lord, he sought

shelter and relief at the Lord's Lotus-Feet.

Every day, Bhattathiri composed one Dasakam (generallly consisting of

ten shlokams). The final verse of every Dasakam concludes with an

invocation to the Lord of Guruvayur to cure him of all his illnesses

and protect him from all afflictions and sorrows.

On the hundredth day, he is believed to have had a dazzling Darshan

(Vision) of the Lord himself in Saakara (material) form and was cured

of his ailment.

In the final (100th)Dasakam, Bhattathiri has given a graphic head-to-

foot description (in picturesque language) of the Lord's form as

Venugopala , and of his wonderful, soul-stirring and ecstatic

experience.

 

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Sreejith