Hamanarayanamurty hanks for ucceptum shankara Bhatta
deserve my thanks for the interest they evinced in this publication. Shri Lakshminarayana. the present Executive Officer has kindly written the Foreword, and I express my gratitute to him. Shri R. Suryanarayanamurty (PRO) and K. Subba Rao (Editor, Saptha- giri, T.T.D.) deserve our thanks for accepting this edition for favour of publication by the T. T. D. Dr. U. Shankara Bhatta (Reader, K.S. Vidyapeetha) and Dr. K P. Govindan (former Lecturer, K. S. Vidyapeetha) have ably assisted the editors in providing us with all the materials required from the Mss, Libraries at Madras and Tanjore respectively. But for their assistance, the critical edition would not have seen the light of the day. Special acknowledgement should be made to Shri M. Vijayakumar Reddy, Manager of the T. T. D.Printing Press and his staff for the care and patience which they took in bringing out the critical edition. Finally we offer our reverential prayers to the Lord of Seven Hills and place GSN at the lotus-feet of Lord Kŗşņa who, in the language of the author of the poem, loves his devotees, removes their poverty and bestows His grace on them.
भक्तलोकप्रसन्नात्मा भक्तमन्दारविग्रहः ।
भक्तदारिद्र्यवमनो भक्तानां प्रीतिदायकः॥
GOKULĀŞTAMIÍ
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Malladi D. BALASUBRAHMANYAM
