It was written in pain and agony by the poet and portrays the poet’s sincere devotion and prayer to Lord Krishna. The entire poem is written in first person singular as a direct conversation with the Lord.
Narayaneeyam has a magnetic effect on the Krishna devotees. From that day Bhattathiri got completely cured of his ailments and lived to the age of 96 years as a respected philosopher, poet and a saint. Bhattathiri ‘s famous 100th Dasakam – starts ‘Agre Pashyami’, meaning ‘here I see him in front of me’ – gives vivid description of the most enchanting form of Lord Krishna from head to toe. At the end of each Dasakam Bhattathiri prayed for mercy and kindness from the Lord and on the 100th day the Lord blessed him with His divine vision.
He wrote one Dasakam everyday consisting of ten verses and finished the entire Narayaneeyam in hundred days. He fully surrendered himself to the feet of Lord Krishna of Guruvayur and started to compose Narayaneeyam. He soon realized what Ezhuthachan meant – that he would be cured if he could compose a hymn glorifying the 10 incarnations of Lord Krishna beginning with the fish incarnation, known as Matsyavatara. Ezhuthachan instructed Bhattathiri to ‘Start with fish’. One day he met Tunjath Ezhuthachan (Ramanuja), a philosopher and a Krishna devotee of that time and requested his guidance. He decided to surrender himself at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna in the temple of Guruvayur and seek His grace. Despite all his treatments his condition soon deteriorated into a crippled state. Lord Krishna granted Bhattathiri his wish and he soon became victim to severe painful attack of rheumatism. Bhattathiri could not bear the painful sight of his guru’s suffering and prayed fervently to Lord Krishna for the disease to be transferred to him, thus freeing his Guru from his illness.
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