DASAKOM 35

STANZA 1

THROUGH HANUMAN, YOU FORMED A FRIENINDSHIP TREATY WITH SUGREEVA,

KICKED AWAY KABANDHA'S BODY WITH ONLY YOUR TOE

CHOPPED OFF SEVEN PALMTREES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ONE STROKE,

AND KILLED BAALI BY FRAUD,

WHEN YOU FOUND HIM INTENT ON KILLING SUGREEVA, MY LORD

STANZA 2

WHEN LAKSHMANA BERATED SUGREEVA,

HE, IN FEAR, SENT VAANARA TROOPS TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH

IN SEARCH OF YOUR DEAR WIFE,

AND SEEING THAT,

YOU GLADLY GAVE IN HANOOMAAN'S HAND A GOLDEN RING AND A MESSAGE,

AND THE VAANARAS COMBED PLACE AFTER PLACE, LOOKING FOR HER, EVERYWHERE

STANZA 3

GETTING SOME INDICATION OF THE WAY OF RAAVANA'S FLIGHT,

HANOOMAN CROSSED THE SEA, GAVE THE RING TO HER,

SAW RAAVANA, AND AFTER BURNING DOWN LANKA,

RETURNED AND TRAMPLING DOWN THE WINEGARDEN,

IN THEIR MERRY FROLICSOME MOOD,

GAVE THE CRESTJEWEL TO YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 4

YOU CROSSED THE LAND, WITH A LARGE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF POWERFUL LEADERS LIKE SUGREEVA AND ANGADA,

AND WERE JOINED BY RAAVANA'S BROTHER, VIBHEESHANA,

WHO CAME TO YOU FOR REFUGE

GOT TO KNOW FROM HIM IN SECRET, ALL ABOUT THE ENEMY,

AND WERE GIVEN WAY BY VARUNA, KING OF THE SEAS,

WHO GOT SCARED OF YOUR BRAHMAASTHRAM,

STANZA 5

MAKING A PATHWAY,

SQUEEZING THE CREATURES OF THE SEA UNDER IT,

WITH THE STONES BROUGHT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BY THE VAANARAS,

YOU, WITH YOUR BROTHER, CROSSED THE SEA,

AND WHEN INDRAJITH, SHOWING HIS GREAT FIGHTING SKILL,

BOUND LAKSHMANA WITH NAAGAASTHRAM,

THE WEAPON WITH SNAKES FOR ROPES,

GARUDA LOOSENED THEM WITH THE WIND FROM HIS WINGS, MY LORD

STANZA 6

WHEN LAKSHMANA,

FAINTED BY THE BLOW OF SHAKTHI, A WEAPON LIKE BOOMERANG, HANOOMAN BROUGHT MEDICINE FROM THE HIMALAYAS WHICH REVIVED HIM,

AND HE KILLED INDRAJITH, GLORYING IN HIS VIOLENT WAYS

AND WHEN KUMBHAKARNA TRIED TO DECEIVE YOU BY MAGIC TRICKS,

YOU, FREED BY VIBHEESHANA'S WORDS KILLED HIM,

WHEN HE CHARGED AT YOU, AS IF HE WOULD GULP DOWN ALL THE WORLDS

STANZA 7

ACCEPTING CHARIOT AND BREASTPLATE SENT BY INDRA, YOU FOUGHT WITH RAAVANA,

AND KILLED HIM BY CHOPPING OFF HIS HEADS WITH BRAHMAASTHRAM,

AND THEN CLEANSED SEETHA BY PASSING HER THROUGH FIRE, AND THEN

ALONG WITH ALL VAANARAS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY DEVAS, VIBHEESHANA AND SEETHA,

WENT TO AYODHYA HAPPILY

STANZA 8

CROWNED KING, YOU REIGNED FOR THOUSAND YEARS,

ALAS! DESERTED SEETHA, DUE TO SCANDALS SPREAD BY SOME,

GOT THE DEMON LAVANA KILLED BY SHATRUGHNA,

AT WHICH TIME,

SEETHA GAVE BIRTH TO YOUR TWIN SONS IN VALMEEKI'S AASHRAM, MY LORD

STANZA 9

AFTER HEARING VALMEEKI'S BEAUTIFUL POEM,

SUNG BY HIS ORDER IN THE AASHRAM,

WHEN YOU WANTED TO TAKE BACK SEETHA,

SHE DISAPPEARED BELOW THE FLOOR,

AND GOD OF DEATH APPROACHED YOU AND TOLD IT WAS TIME,

YOU MADE SOME REASON, AND KILLED LAKSHMANA FOR, AND THEN,

ALONG WITH ALL YOUR SERVANTS,

DROWNED IN THE RIVER SARAYU, IN DESPAIR

STANZA 10

THIS INCARNATION OF YOURS AS MAN IS ONLY TO TEACH MEN THAT THERE CAN BE WEAKNESSES,

LIKE PAIN OF SEPARATION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE NONGUILTY,

DUE TO EXCESSIVE ATTACHMENT TO THE DESIRED,

AS WELL AS TO WHAT IS RIGHT?

OTHERWISE HOW CAN SUCH A DELUDED MIND COME TO YOU, MY LORD!

MAY YOU WHO IS THE ESSENCE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD

ERADICATE MY SUFFERINGS, PLEASE