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praise of Indra, but somehow the work was left incomplete with
the composition of the first hundred verses. These hundred verses
are put here under the title indrasahasre prathamam
satakam.The sataka is divided into four stabakas, each con-
taining twenty five verses composed in a particular metre. Each
stabaka is named after the metre used therein. These finely com-
posed elegant verses are highly capable of enlightening one's un-
derstanding of the vedic and puranic concept of Lord Indra.
In the kaṭākṣastabaka the graceful glance of Lord Indra is
beautiful described. The Muni says that a glance from his thou-
sand eyes is capable of annihilating all afflictions, miseries and suf-
ferings, and liberating one from the bondage of samsara. This all
powerful and pure glance of Indra is invoked here for the protec-
tion of all.
Indravimsati has twenty verses distributed in four groups,
each having five verses in praise of Indra. Here Indra has been
extolled as the leader of the entire world. The Muni prays him to
uplift the world from the state of mortality to immortality by re-
moving all fears and sufferings.
Indrasaptakam has seven verses in manjubhāṣiņī metre
where the grace of Indra is the object of invocation. The Muni
says that there is nothing that cannot be accomplished by the grace
of Lord Indra.
Śrīpavanāṣṭkam is a stuti to Vāyu, the wind god of the
Veda. It has eight verses, of which the first four are in upajāti
metre and the next four are in tanumadhyā. Here the poet adores
Vayu as the life-force of this entire universe. It is he who has given
himself completely for keeping all alive. He is the principle of im-
mortality in all.
Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Lord Vishnu is praised
in the five verses of nrsimhapañcaratnam. These five verses are
five gems where the Muni says that his heart takes no delight in
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the composition of the first hundred verses. These hundred verses
are put here under the title indrasahasre prathamam
satakam.The sataka is divided into four stabakas, each con-
taining twenty five verses composed in a particular metre. Each
stabaka is named after the metre used therein. These finely com-
posed elegant verses are highly capable of enlightening one's un-
derstanding of the vedic and puranic concept of Lord Indra.
In the kaṭākṣastabaka the graceful glance of Lord Indra is
beautiful described. The Muni says that a glance from his thou-
sand eyes is capable of annihilating all afflictions, miseries and suf-
ferings, and liberating one from the bondage of samsara. This all
powerful and pure glance of Indra is invoked here for the protec-
tion of all.
Indravimsati has twenty verses distributed in four groups,
each having five verses in praise of Indra. Here Indra has been
extolled as the leader of the entire world. The Muni prays him to
uplift the world from the state of mortality to immortality by re-
moving all fears and sufferings.
Indrasaptakam has seven verses in manjubhāṣiņī metre
where the grace of Indra is the object of invocation. The Muni
says that there is nothing that cannot be accomplished by the grace
of Lord Indra.
Śrīpavanāṣṭkam is a stuti to Vāyu, the wind god of the
Veda. It has eight verses, of which the first four are in upajāti
metre and the next four are in tanumadhyā. Here the poet adores
Vayu as the life-force of this entire universe. It is he who has given
himself completely for keeping all alive. He is the principle of im-
mortality in all.
Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Lord Vishnu is praised
in the five verses of nrsimhapañcaratnam. These five verses are
five gems where the Muni says that his heart takes no delight in
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