DASAKOM 57

 

 STANZA 1

 ONE DAY, YOU WENT, ALONG WITH BALARAMA,

 TO THE WOODS, SURROUNDED BY ALL GOPAS,

 AND, TIRED, WENT TO SLEEP,

 WHEN A WILD FIRE BROKE OUT

 STANZA 2

 WHILE YOU WERE SHOWING HIM THE BEAUTIES OF THE WOODS,

 CARRYING YOUR GRAZING STALK,

 AND PLAYING GAMES WITH FRIENDS

 YOU REACHED A TREE CALLED BHANDEERAKOM,

 STANZA 3

 THEN A CRUEL DEMON, CALLED PRALAMBA,

 SEARCHING FOR A WAY TO KILL YOU,

 CAME IN THE FORM

 OF ONE AMONG YOU

 STANZA 4

 KNOWING BUT PRETENDING NOT TO,

 YOU GOT FRIENDLY WITH HIM,

 AND ENGAGED IN DUEL MATCHES

 WITH THE CLEVER PLAYERS AMONG THEM

 STANZA 5

 IN THE CATCH-A-THIEF GAME,

 WHERE THE DEFEATED HAS TO CARRY THE WINNER,

 WHEN YOU LOST, YOU CARRIED SUDAMA, YOUR FRIEND,

 SHOWING HOW YOU ARE THE SERVANT OF THOSE WHO LOVE YOU

 STANZA 6

 AS THE GAME PROGRESSED,

 THE DEMON CARRIED BALARAMA THE WINNER,

 AND RAN AWAY FAR

 IN FEAR YOU

 STANZA 7

 WHEN BALARAMA SAW HIM BEING CARRIED FAR FROM YOU,

 AND EXERTED FULL PRESSURE OF HIS WEIGHT

 THE DEMON ASSUMED HIS OWN FORM,

 MAKING EVEN HIM VERY AFRAID!

 STANZA 8

 FROM THE TALL BODY OF THE DEMON,

 HE SAW YOU, AND THAT INSPIRED HIM,

 TO DRAW ON ALL HIS STRENGTH,

 AND TO CRUSH THE CRUEL DEMON DOWN

 STANZA 10

 YOU HUGGED YOUR BROTHER WITH LOVE,

 WHEN YOU MET AFTER THE DEMON'S DEATH

 IN HEAVEN, THE DEVAS SHOWERED

 FLOWERS ON YOU TWO

 STANZA 11

 YOU, THE SUPPORT

 OF ALL THE WORLDS

 SAVE ME FROM

 MY ILLNESSES, I PRAY

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