Narayaneeyam

of Guruvayoor he summarized the entire Bhagavata Purana in 1034 versesat the rate of one Dasaka consisting generally of ten verses everyday.Each Dasaka ended with a prayer to the Lord of Guruvayoor to cure him of his illness.Sri. Guruvayurappan- it is reported that Sri. Narayana Bhattathiri had a vision of the Lord. On the hundredth day he had a vision of the Lord in the form of Venugopala.The 100th canto composed on that day gives a graphic description of this form of the Lordf rom the head to the foot.Seeing the Lord before him he chanted the last 10 slokas glorifying His each and every part of body which is called KESADI PAADA VARNANA. We understand that he got cured of his disease after completion of this Kavya. He named this as Naarayaneeyam as it was written by him and second as it is about the Lord Narayana. This Great Kavya of Naarayaneeyam was completed by him in 100 days at the age of 27, in the year 1587. That day was 27th day of Vruchikam month corresponding to ( Karthika Masa) . On that day he became completely cured of his disease.This immortal composition, Narayaneeyam,is so named for two reasons as mentioned by the poet himself in the 100th canto.It is about Lord Narayana and secondlybecause it was composed by Narayana Bhattatiri.