

The first stanzas of the poem are supposed to have multiple meanings. He could not reach in time but the Guru completed the last three words of this stotra after he reached there viz 'sakshee hyastotra hi' from within his Brindavana and giving his final stamp of approval of this great prayer. This stotra was supposed to be composed by him when he was rushing to have a last glimpse of his Guru. He intuitively realized that his Guru was going to attain Maha Samadhi and rushed to the place to have a last glimpse.

At that times his chief disciple Appannacharya had gone to the other side of the river. Just before entering Samadhi, Guru Raghavendra told his followers that he would sit in that place where his Brindavana would be built and they should cover him on all sides by Bricks and the last brick was to be placed when he stops rotating the Japa Mala. His early childhood was spent In Tamil Nadu and he attained Jeeva Samadhi in Manthralaya (Andhra Pradesh) in the banks of Thunga Bhadhra. [Guru Raghavendra (1595-1671) is one of the greatest saints of the Dvaitha Sidhantha, He is considered as the incarnation of Prahladha.
