(This aricle of mine was written circa. 1997 and published in THE HINDU) ************ The “abheeti-sthavam” is a 29-stanza hymn in Sanskrit composed by the tallest amongst Sri Vaishnava philosophers and preceptors in the post-Ramanujacharya times, Swami Vedanta Desikan (1268-1369 AD). The hymn is devotional in principal intent but it is in fact much more.Continue reading ““Abheeti sthavam”: The Sum of all Fearlessness”