Garuda Dandakam is a poem, composed by Sri Vedanta Dasika, extolling Lord Garuda, who is a great devotee and the vehicle of Lord Vishnu. It is said that if one chants Garuda Dandakam when going on a long distance journey, Lord Garuda will guard and protect the devotee from any harm during the journey. Garuda is termed as vedatma, embodiment of the Vedas and accordingly Desika describes Garuda here as such. Of the four Vedas Sama is the most important and the Lord says in Gita, 'vedaanaam saamavedo asmi' (BG.ch.10) the manthras of rkveda are set to metrical hymns in saama and hence it is known as saamagaana. Swami Desikan composed Garuda Dandakam praising Sri Garuda, who appeared in front of him after severe penances. This Garuda Dandakam has 108 syllables in eac
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