Ekadashi and Narayaneeyam
Narayaneeyam is chanted to please Lord Narayana. Narayaneeyam is the condensed essence of the Srimad Bhagavatam composed by Narayana Bhattatiri, a great devotee and scholar who lived in the temple town of Guruvayur in Kerala. Bhattathiri had a Guru by the name of Achyuta pisharadi, who fell victim to a severe attack of paralysis and suffered unbearable pain. Bhattathiri desired to find a cure for his master and prayed for the disease to be transferred to himself, freeing his Guru from suffering.
Lord Krishna granted Bhattathiri his wish, and he soon became victim to the same disease. Once, when Bhattathiri, unable to move he was carried into the Guruvayur temple, he met Tunchath Ezhuthachan, an eminent Malayalam poet of the time. Ezhuthachan advised Bhattathiri that he could be cured if he "began his treatment with fish".The disciples of Bhattathiri who heard this were shocked because Bhattathiri was a devout Brahmin how could he eat fish. Bhattathiri however understood what Ezhuthachan really meant that he would be cured if he could compose a poem about incarnations of Lord Vishnu beginning with the fish incarnation, known as Matsya. He composed Narayaneeyam to please Guruvayurappan and was healed by Lord's grace & he sang Narayaneeyam in the temple on the Ekadasi day.
The "Parayana" of Narayaneeyam is believed to possess the wonderful power of healing afflictions, both mental and physical, of the devotees. The "Nithyaparayana” of Narayaneeyam will enable the devotees to attain Ayurarogyasoukhyam” Means ( Good Health) Chandrasekhara of Kanchi has prescribed certain lines in Narayaneeyam (verse 13 from 8th Dashakam )to be chanted daily to get rid of all diseases.
Sloka is :-
अस्मिन् परात्मन् ननु पाद्मकल्पे त्वमित्थमुत्थापितपद्मयोनि: । अनन्तभूमा मम रोगराशिं निरुन्धि वातालयवास विष्णो ॥१३॥
Meaning:-
Oh Lord Guruvayur, who is the form of divine Brahman, You who thus made Lord Brahma emerge from the lotus, And you who has the undivided greatness, Please cure all my diseases.
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