The Syanandurapuravarnana Prabandha already mentioned in the introduction of the Bhaktimanjari published in 1904 as one of the works of His Highness the Svati Sri Rama Varma Kulasekhara Maharaja, is now issued under command of His Highness the Maharaja, with the commentary of Srimat Rajaraja Varma Koil Tampuran of Changanasseri, father of His Highness the present Maharaja.
A daily service of the God Padmanabha by way of reading (पारायण) this work ordered by the pious author to be conducted in the temple is even now performed by a Brahmin family.
The edition of the text is based on a palm-leaf manuscript in Malayalam character, belonging to the palace. At the instance of the palace Sarvadhikaryakar the manuscript was lent to me by Mr. Sankara Sastri; the reader of the work in the temple. Two manuscripts were consulted for the preparation of the commentary; one of them was obtained from the Palace Library and the other from the Anantapuram Kottaram, Haripad.
The present work, a sweet and simple Champukavya written by the author of the Bhaktimanjari, treats of the incarnation of the God Padmanabha and sar matters.
The work consists of ten stabakas and the subject dealt respectively are the juvenile sport of the God, His divine appearance, descripition of the divine body from head to foot, description of the Kshetra, the holy tank, the festivals, the hunting ceremony, the procession, the bathing the sea and the Lakshadipa festival.
An account of the life of the author given in the introduction of the Bhaktimanjari is here reproduced for the convenience of the readers. The author, who was born under the auspices of the star Swati in the month of Mesha, 988 M. E. (1813 A.D) was the son of Her Highness Lakshmi Ranee, the then sovereign of Travancore.
As there was no male heir at the time in the royal line and as the right to sovereignty therefore accured to the author while yet in the mother's womb, His Highness is generally spoken as गर्भश्रीमान् (Garbhasriman). Losing his royal mother at the early age of two, the author was brought up by his aunt, Parvati Ranee, the then Regent and his father, the well-known Rajaraja varma Valia Koil Tampuran, of Changanasseri; and under his wholesome training he grew into a noble prince of high attainments,
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