vedaanthaachaarya varyo me sannidhattaaM sadaa hR^idi.
There are 108 slOkams in Sri Dayaa Sathakam composed by the GhaNDAvathAran, Swamy Desikan. These slOkams are about the Dayaa (anukampaa, KaruNaa) guNam of theLord of Seven Hills, ThiruvEnkatamudayAn and hence it has been appropriately named as Sri Dayaa Sathakam. Although the Lord has limitless auspicious guNams (anantha KalyANaguNams), it is His Dayaa guNam that makes all the other guNams shine. Therefore, SwamyDesikan eulogizes this unique and defining guNam of the Lord and salutes this embodimentof Dayaa guNam as the fifth Devi of he Lord (Dayaa Devi) along with the other four Devis: Sri, BhU, NeeLA and GodhA Devis. This Dayaa guNam of the Lord is solely responsible for the protection of the ChEthanams and hence Swamy Desikan praises this GuNam through 108 slOkams.
The Sri Sookthi of Dayaa sathakam is set up as a conversation between SwamyDesikan and Dayaa Devi to delight our minds and hearts. Here, Swamy Desikan refers often to the loftiness of Prapatthi as the easy to practice and unfailing means for gaining MokshAnandham. At the end of this Sathakam, Swamy Desikan alludes to Lord VenkatEsan crowning him with the title of “VedAntha Desikan” and enabling him to sing this sthOthram in praise of His Dayaa guNam. Those who recite this auspicious sthOthram daily would be the beneficiary of sarva MangaLams because of the special affection that the Lord of Thirumala has for this Sri Sookthi.
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