Narayaneeyam
bhattathiri | 6 May 2004, 7:51am
Srimad Narayaneeyam is a devotional hymn consisting of 1036 verses written in the
16th century by a scholar-devotee=poet by name Melpathur Narayana
Bhattatiri, as an epitome of Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam. The immediate
need for him to write this hymn, was his suffering from his ailment of
paralysis, for the alleviation of which, he prayed to the Lord of
Guruvayoor. He wrote one hundred chapters at the rate of one chapter
(dasakam--a bunch of 10 verses) per day, sitting in front of the deity.
As the story goes, the author, Melpathur Narayana Bhattatiri voluntarily transferred onto himself, the ailment of paralysis from his Guru and relative, Trikandiyur Achuta Pisharoti ritualistically, in order to save him. In the process, he himself became a paralytic. He then got himself carried to the shrine at Guruvayoor where he could take shelter at the feet of Lord Krishna and get divine intervention.
16th century by a scholar-devotee=poet by name Melpathur Narayana
Bhattatiri, as an epitome of Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam. The immediate
need for him to write this hymn, was his suffering from his ailment of
paralysis, for the alleviation of which, he prayed to the Lord of
Guruvayoor. He wrote one hundred chapters at the rate of one chapter
(dasakam--a bunch of 10 verses) per day, sitting in front of the deity.
As the story goes, the author, Melpathur Narayana Bhattatiri voluntarily transferred onto himself, the ailment of paralysis from his Guru and relative, Trikandiyur Achuta Pisharoti ritualistically, in order to save him. In the process, he himself became a paralytic. He then got himself carried to the shrine at Guruvayoor where he could take shelter at the feet of Lord Krishna and get divine intervention.
As he was continuing to suffer from excruciating pain due to his malady, he sought advice from the celebrated contemporary poet, Thunjath Ezhuthatchan, who suggested that Bhattatiri should
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