DASAKOM 49

 STANZA 1

 THE GOPAS, NOT KNOWING YOUR POWERS,

 LEFT THE FARM, THINKING THAT THE FALLING OF TREES

 AND OTHER MISHAPS WERE BAD OMENS,

 DETERMINED TO LEAVE FOR ANOTHER PLACE

 STANZA 2

 THEN A CHIEFTAIN OF GOPAS,

 UPANANDA BY NAME, SAID

 "THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A LOVELY FOREST,

 CALLED VRINDAVANAM, TO THE WEST OF US! "

 STANZA 3

 THEN THEY LED BY NANDA

 AT ONCE

 LEAVING THE SPRAWLING PLACE AS AN OLD

 SPENT OUT FARM, STARTED IN A CART

 CARRYING YOUR MOTHER AVD YOU

 STANZA 4

 THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE TRAVEL

 WAS NOT FELT BY ANY, BECAUSE

 OF THE RHYTHMIC SOUND OF CARTWHEELS

 AND YOUR SWEET CHILDLIKE LISPING TALK

 STANZA 5

 YOU, ALONG WITH FRIENDS, ENJOYED THE SIGHT

 OF LOVELY FOREST LANDS

 WITH LAWNS OF SCENTED JASMINE PLANTS

 LOOKING LIKE FLOORS PAVED WITH EMERALD GEMS

 STANZA 6

 AFTER ALL WERE SETTLED

 IN NEWLY BUILT HOUSES, YOU,

 WITH YOUR FRIENDS, ROAMED HERE AND THERE,

 ENJOYING THE BEAUTIES OF THE FOREST LAND

 STANZA 7

 YOU SAW WHEREVER YOU WENT

 WITH YOUR FRIENDS,

 THE YAMUNA, ITS CLEAN WATER FLOWING THROUGH SEVERAL BENDS,

 WITH HER MUSICAL LISPING SOUNDS, LKE TO THOSE OF A GIRL IN LOVE,

 AND SHINING BRIGHT LOTUS FLOWERS LIKE TO A SMILING FACE

 STANZA 8

 ALSO YOU SAW HER,

 LIKE AN IMMORAL DANCING GIRL,

 FOLLOWING YOU EVERYWHERE

 HIDING HERSELF BEHIND THE TREES,

 STANZA 9

 YOU MET THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGE GOVARDHANAM,

 RISING TO VAIKUNTHAM THE HIGHEST OF ALL WORLDS,

 CHEQUERED WITH THE RAYS OF GEMS

 AND ATTRACTING ALL WITH THE CAWING OF PEACOCKS EVERYWHERE

 STANZA 10

 YOU GRAZED THE COWS

 WITH THE OTHER BOYS,

 IN THAT FERTILE FOREST LAND

 SAVE ME FROM ILLNESSES, I PRAY