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of these letters he used to write one or more verses in praise of
Bhagavan. He intended to compose in this manner a hundred
verses on the glory of Bhagavan Maharshi in different metres con-
sisting of ten dasakams (decads) that is, ten verses al for each
chapter.
Nayana, however, did not compose the intended ten decads
in continuous fashion. He was capable of composing one or more
verses in a particular metre at one time and in different metres at
other times. Finally he used to edit these verses as per his plan.
But to our misfortune he did not complete
composing the ten decads as planned. He composed only fifteen
verses from North Canara. Thus we get forty verses on the glory
of Bhagavan, inclusive of the in twenty-five verses he composed
before he left for Sirsi in March 1929.
When Bhagavan came to know that Nayana intended to com-
pose a hundred verses on him in ten chapters (ten verses per chap-
ter) in different metres, he prepared a notebook for writing down
these verses. As soon as he got the verse or verses along with
some letters, he used to note down immediately the verse or verses
in the notebook under the particular chapter as per Nayana's plan.
After the demise of Nayana on 25.7.1936 Bhagavan edited
these forty verses for the 1st edition published in 1936.
It may be seen from the manuscript (pp. 220-226 of this issue)
that Bhagavan has noted on the left the number given by Nayana
according to the chapter. On the right side Bhagavan has noted
the number of the verse he allotted for his edited version. We see
the rearrangement as explained below.
As the 1st decad was complete he retained it as it was (1 to
10). After that he put the 61st verse of the 7th decad as 11 and the
81st verse of the 9th decad as 12. He marked the 10 verses of the
2nd decad as 13 to 22. The 10 verses of the 5th decad were re-
numbered as 23 to 32. The first verse of the 6th decad was num-
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Bhagavan. He intended to compose in this manner a hundred
verses on the glory of Bhagavan Maharshi in different metres con-
sisting of ten dasakams (decads) that is, ten verses al for each
chapter.
Nayana, however, did not compose the intended ten decads
in continuous fashion. He was capable of composing one or more
verses in a particular metre at one time and in different metres at
other times. Finally he used to edit these verses as per his plan.
But to our misfortune he did not complete
composing the ten decads as planned. He composed only fifteen
verses from North Canara. Thus we get forty verses on the glory
of Bhagavan, inclusive of the in twenty-five verses he composed
before he left for Sirsi in March 1929.
When Bhagavan came to know that Nayana intended to com-
pose a hundred verses on him in ten chapters (ten verses per chap-
ter) in different metres, he prepared a notebook for writing down
these verses. As soon as he got the verse or verses along with
some letters, he used to note down immediately the verse or verses
in the notebook under the particular chapter as per Nayana's plan.
After the demise of Nayana on 25.7.1936 Bhagavan edited
these forty verses for the 1st edition published in 1936.
It may be seen from the manuscript (pp. 220-226 of this issue)
that Bhagavan has noted on the left the number given by Nayana
according to the chapter. On the right side Bhagavan has noted
the number of the verse he allotted for his edited version. We see
the rearrangement as explained below.
As the 1st decad was complete he retained it as it was (1 to
10). After that he put the 61st verse of the 7th decad as 11 and the
81st verse of the 9th decad as 12. He marked the 10 verses of the
2nd decad as 13 to 22. The 10 verses of the 5th decad were re-
numbered as 23 to 32. The first verse of the 6th decad was num-
XXX