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Stotras of Vedanta Desika
by Sri D. Ramaswamy Ayyangar
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15. Shodasaayudha Stotra
This stotra further elaborates the greatness and glory of
Sudarsana by singing about the weapons which Sudarsana
wields. The first of them is Sudarsana itself (2) and the
sixteenth is trisoolam (17). Sloka 18 invokes the protective
grace of Sudarsana who is referred to as Shodasaayudha -- one who
has 16 weapons. One peculiarity of this stotra is that all the
slokas, 1 to 17, invoke protection of Sri Sudarsana on the
listener -- May He protect you or confer auspiciousness on you
and so on.
It is believed that this stotram (possibly
Sudarsanaashtakam too) was sung by Desika at Kanchipuram when he
was told that at Tirupputkuzhi (about five miles from
Kanchipuram) a fever was raging in epidemic form. His prayers
made in this stotra were answered and the place was freed from
the epidemic and people resettled there as before. This tradition
explains why these two stotras, Sudarsanashtakam and Shodasaayudha
Stotram, find a place next to Paramartha Stuti, which as we saw
was a hymn in praise of the Perumal of that place.
Devanagari Text
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