(This is a literal translation of the speech given originally in Tamil by Sri Swamigal.)

"The Kshethra (place) for tapas (penance) is BADRI, for bhakthi (devotion) VRINDAVAN and for jnana, KASHI. However, for Bhagavatha Paarayanam the Kshethra is GURUVAYUR. If Kashi is Jnanapuri and Vrindavan is Bhakthapuri, Guruvayur is BHAGAVATHAPURI."

"The great saint Narayana Bhatadhri wrote Narayaneeyam in this very kshethra. Narayaneeyam is a concise version of Bhagavatham. Sri Guruvayurappan himself acknowledged each and every single verse of Narayaneeyam. Bhatadhri asked Lord Guruvayurappan, 'O Lord! Did Gajendra, the elephant offer you a lotus while surrendering himself at thy feet?' Guruvayurappan replied, 'The lotus that I am holding in my hand is the one that Gajendra offered me'."

"The Guruvayurappan that we see today in the temple is the same one that played numerous lilas(divine plays)before Bhatadhri. The Bhagavatham that we recite today, is the one that Sri Shukar narrated to King Parikshith. Bhatadhri could see the Lord just as we see this world but we are unable to do so. The difference lies in one's calibre. Although we cannot see Lord Guruvayurappan like Bhatadhri did, we can be sure of the fact that during the seven day Bhagavatha parayanam by 108 Bhagavathars, Guruvayurappan was here and not in the temple."

"Like Lord Panduranga of Pandaripuram, Lord Guruvayurappan has played many lilas with his devotees. Once, there was this devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, who always offered the coconuts from his farm to the Lord. On one such occasion while he was carrying a few coconuts for the Lord, he was stopped by a thief who demanded all his belongings. The devotee said that the coconuts were his sole possession and refused to part with them as they were meant to be offered to Sri Guruvayurappan. The thief jocularly asked if the coconuts had any "HORNS" meaning if these were so special. So saying, he opened the bag only to find that every single coconut in it had a pair of horn! Even today one can find one of those coconuts with 'horns' displayed near the 'thula-baaram'."

"Another anecdote concerns that of a poor little boy who was greatly devoted to Lord Guruvayurappan. He had the habit of sharing with the Lord everything that he acquired. Out of sheer hunger and being penniless he used to steal bananas. He would first drop one half into the temple hundi and then eat the other half. This little theft was soon found out and the boy was caught red-handed. However, pitying the boy's state, the shop-keeper did not wish to treat him harshly. At the same time, he wanted to teach him a lesson. So he instructed the boy to go around the temple(circumambulation) of Sri Guruvayurappan, a certain number of times. The shop-keeper was totally taken by surprise to find the Lord following the boy. That night Sri Guruvayurappan appeared in the shopkeeper's dream and explained that he had undergone his share of the punishment. Such lilas of Guruvayurappan are innumerable."

"This Bhagavatha Sapthaha Sathakrathu has been possible not due to human efforts but due to the Will (sankalpam) of Lord Guruvayurappan. We have here, amongst the 108 Bhagavathars, Vedic scholars(those who have done Veda adhyayanam), experts in Vedanta and those who have performed many yagams. Their participation in this Sapthaham marks the fulfillment of their knowledge of Vedanta, the Vedas they studied and the yagams they have performed."

"We have had a daily schedule over the past seven days which included Nagara Sankirthanam, paarayanam of the original text, discourse in Tamil and Divya nama sankirthanam. It is not so surprising to find devotees take part in the bhajans and listen to the discourse in Tamil. But what has been most surprising is the fact that devotees sat glued to their seats during the six-hour paarayanam in Sanskrit and the credit for this goes to Sri Chandrasekhar and Sri Nagarajan who held the devotees in rapt attention with their wonderful style of recital. If these two have been able to recite Bhagavatham with such confidence it is only because of the training they have had under Sri Srikanth Sarma."

"Although each and every one of us is happy that this mega event has gone off very well, there is a small regret that at 6:00 A.M tomorrow we will not hear the shabdham(sound) 'SRI HARAYE NAMAHA ....'. "