Achyuta Shataka

The Achyuta Shataka (Sanskrit: अच्युतशतक, romanized: Acyutaśataka) is a Prakrit hymn written by the Hindu philosopher Vedanta Desika.

[2][3] Comprising 100 verses, the Achyuta Shataka extols Krishna, an avatar of the deity Vishnu.

[6] Vedanta Desika is regarded to have composed the Achyuta Shataka when he visited the Devanathaswamy temple located at Tiruvahindrapuram, addressing it to the deity.

He is regarded to employ the theme of nāyikā-bhāva in the hymn, the mysticism of a heroine, owing to the prevailing dramatic convention of heroines speaking in Prakrit in Sanskrit dramas.

[8] In the first hymn of the work, the poet extols Krishna:[9] Bow down before Acyuta, the Lord of Gods,Lord of Truth to his servants,inextinguishable radiance,dark cool tamāla treeon the banks of the Garuda River:a king of elephantswho wanders the slopes of Medicine Hillin the townof the Serpent King