Sanskrit Hymn on Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam - "Abhiti Sthavam" (Swami Vedanta Desika)

Sri Mahalakshmi/Sridevi-Bhudevi Samedha Sri Devadirajan Perumal (Sriman Narayana/Maha Vishnu) Seva @ Shangu Chakra Gadha Padmam - My Home Thirumaligai (Sanctum) during Margazhi Panchaparva Aradhanam 2012. The Sanskrit Hymn is rendered by Sri. U. Ve. Kannan Swamy.
The Thirumaligai hosts Sriman Narayana with his Consorts Sridevi-Bhudevi, Sri Mahalakshmi , Sri Yoga Narasimha, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha, Sri Dolai Kannan (Bala Krishna), Sri Aandal, Sri Ram Parivar, Sri Ramanuja , Sri Manavalamamuni & Sri Satyanarayanaswamy. All Alangarams, Daily rituals (Thenkalai Nithyanusandhanam Sampradaya) and Kainkariyams are performed for the Lord including all auspicious events. Panchaparva Seva & Thirumanjanam (Holy Bath) is performed on Ekadesi, Amavasya, Purnima and when Revathi Star is in Ascendence.
Bhhthi is fear. Abhithi is fearlessness. Sthavam means praise. AbhitiStHavam is the stotram that has been composed by Sri Desika in praise of Lord Ranganatha's Guna of removing the fear in the hearts of his devotees.
Without directly referring to the muslim invasion or to the harm facing
the Sriranga Divya Kshetram, Sri Desika sings the glory of the Lord in
eliminating the fears of all kinds, including the Samsara Bhayam, in the first 19 Shloka-s of this sthotram. Until Shlokam 19 of the sthotra, Sri Desika does not refer to the muslim invasion on Srirangam or the harm and disruption caused in the worship of the Lord except for a brief reference in Shlokam 9. In Slokam 9, he praises the Lord's Guna-s which will offer protection to those who "desire the elimination of the enemies who come in the way of performing worship to the Lord" - dvishat-pramathana arthinam katarI-haraNa jAgarUkAh kara-grahaNa dIkshitAh prabho". But starting in Shlokam 20 and in every Shloka up to 27, the Acharya explicitly expresses to the Lord his mind's concern. He refers to the fear that has been caused to the SrIvaishnava-s in Srirangam who desire nothing else other than his Seva, prays for the
elimination of those who caused this situation (Srita vipaksham
unmulaya - eliminate the enemies of the devotees right down to their
roots - so they will never rise again), and prays to Lord Ranganatha to
enable His devotees to once again resume the worship of His svayambhu svaroopam and derive in Srirangam itself the delight that the nityasuri-s derive in SrIvaikuntham. In Slokam 21 his anxiety grows and he pleads to the Lord to use his divine Ayudha-s to re-establish his natural rule in places like Srirangam. In the next Slokam, Swami Desikan's anxiety reaches the height of expression, and he prays to the Lord to use brute force if necessary, and use all his five Ayudha-s and eliminate the fear to the devotees, the materialists, the muslims, the other foreigners, etc., who are like the army accompanying the kali-purusha. In Slokam 23 he prays that the
chakra of the Lord should take over and re-establish dharma in his own abode of Sriranga-Kshetram. In Slokam 24, he asks the Lord, Sridevi and Bhudevi to protect the SrIranga vimanam that has been worshipped by the likes of Manu, and that is now being threatened by the enemies who are worse than the asura-s. Then he seeks the Lord's blessing to ananta, garuda, vishvaksena, kumuda, the gate-keepers of the temple, the authorities in charge of the maintenance of Sri rangam etc., so that they can protect the divya-kshetram from the enemies. In Slokam 26 and 27 he continues his appeals to the Lord once more to control the enemies who are destroying the peaceful worship of Him at Srirangam and other
kshetra-s soon (ma~nkshu). (Source: Dasan Krishnamacharyan - www.ramaunja.org)