DASAKOM 10

STANZA 1

HE THEN CREATED BODIES OF DIFFERENT SORTS,

FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS, WITH YOUR SUPPORT,

ROOTED LIKE TREES, BEASTS, MEN

AND ALL THAT EXIST IN THE WORLD

STANZA 2

FIRST CREATING FIVE NEGATIVE FEELINGS

LIKE MISUNDERSTANDING, EGOISM, ANGER, FEAR, AND IGNORANCE,

HE BECAME DEPRESSED VERY MUCH,

AND PRAYED TO YOU FOR PEACE OF MIND

STANZA 3

THEN HE CREATED SANAKA, SANANDA,

SANAATHANA AND SANATKUMAARA,

BUT THEY WERE DEVOTED ONLY TO YOUR WORSHIP,

AND DID NOT LISTEN TO HIM

STANZA 5

WHEN HE CONTROLLED HIS ANGER,

THERE CAME OUT FROM HIS BROW,

A PARTIAL INCARNATION OF YOURS, CALLED MRIDA,

WHO CRIED, "BRAHMA, GIVE ME NAMES AND HOMES”

AND CAME TO BE KNOWN AS RUDRA,

MEANING ONE WHO CRIES (RUDU MEANS ' TO CRY’

STANZA 6

GIVING HIM ELEVEN NAMES, AND AS MANY HOMES AND WIVES,

RESPECTFULLY TOLD HIM,

PROMPTED BY YOU, TO GET CHILDREN,

AND HE PROMPTLY PRODUCED ALL SORTS OF VIOLENT UGLY CREATURES,

THAT SHOCKED THE CREATOR,

AND MADE HIM EXCLAIM “STOP, STOP, DO PENANCE”

STANZA 7

AGAIN WHEN HE RESUMED CREATING,

WERE BORN FROM HIS BODY,

MAREECHI, ATHRI, ANGIRAS, PULAHA, PULASTHYA, BHRIGU,

AND THE SAINT NAARADA, YOUR GREATEST DEVOTEE, MY LORD

STANZA 8

CREATING NEXT DHARMA, KARDAMA, AND SARASWATHY,

HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER,

AND ADVISED BY SANAKA, DAKSHA AND OTHER SONS,

CONTROLLED HIMSELF, COMING OUT OF HIS BLIND PASSION

STANZA 9

PRODUCING VEDAS, PURAANAS, AND ALL KNOWLEDGE,

AND STILL NOT ABLE TO REALIZE YOU,

HE LEFT THE WORK OF CREATION TO HIS CHILDREN,

AND SPENT HIS TIME, PRAYING TO YOU

STANZA 10

AND KNOWING THE BEST WAY OUT,

HE DIVIDED HIS BODY INTO TWO,

MANU AND SHATHAROOPA,

(ONE WITH SHATHAMS, O ROOPAMS, FORMS)

AND THEIR PROGENY SPREAD

THROUGH OUT THE EARTH