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SrI:
SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:
SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |
vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Let us begin to enjoy the sthOthra granthas of Swamy Desikan [in alphabetical order]
The next sthOthra is ASHTABHUJA ASHTAKAM [Eight on the Eight ?armed Lord

This is a sthotra in eight (+two) slokas on the Lord eight arms who is in the shrine - ?Ashtabhuja? [eight armed], a suburb of Kanchi. Sri Vedanta Desika makes a moving appeal to the Lord to come to rescue since he is in the grip of sense-organs which are like crocodiles even as the lord rushed in great haste to save Gajendra from the mouth of a crocodile. Sri Desika declares that he is the servant of the Lord and will not seek the help of any other deity. He prays that the Lord should bless him with His service out of Mercy. The Stotra, according to Desika, is a packet of good food in their journey to the world of the Lord to those who had sought refuge at the Lord?s feet and is an infallible recipe for the illness of those who wish to seek the Lord?s feet to attain Him.

This Lord is addressed as "ATTABUYAKARATTHEN..[eight armed honey OR Honey of Attabuyakaram place] " by Thirumangal AzhwAr Swami Desika gives an interesting explanation for the possession of eight arms by Lord Ashtabhuja. The Lord?s hurry to raise His devotees from the sufferings of the world is so intense that He has doubled his Four fold arms and made them eight. He also prays that the merciful Lord should accept the Sthotra with His eight arms with equal hurry. [From the Life and works of Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan- by Prof Sri A Srinivasaraghavan]

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |
Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

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