DASAKOM 25

STANZA 1

WHEN HE STRUCK THE PILLAR, AROSE A LOUD ROAR WHICH BROKE HIS EARS,

AND RESOUNDING IN THE HOLLOWS

OF THE EGGLIKE SPHERICAL WORLD,

SHOOK EVEN BRAHMA'S SEAT

STANZA 2

WHILE THE ASURA STOOD GREATLY PERPLEXED,

AND CAST AROUND HIS EYES, SEARCHING,

CAME OUT FROM THE PILLAR, A FORM OF YOURS,

WHICH WAS NOT A MAN, NOR A BEAST

STANZA 3

YOU APPEARED IN A FORM WITH LARGE ROLLING GOLDEN EYES,

HAIR SWINGING VIOLENTLY ENOUGH TO SHAKE THE SKY,

MOUTH LIKE A MOUNTAIN CAVE,

TONGUE LIKE A SERRATED SWORD,

FEARSOME WITH THE TWO SIDE TEETH PROJECTING OUT

STANZA 4

HAIL YOUR NARASIMHA BODY

WITH TEMPLES LOOKING TERRIBLE WITH LARGE WRINKLES SPREADING ALL OVER THEM,

SHORT STUMPY NECK, SHINING FROM FAR WITH THE GLARE OF RAYS FROM THE NAILS OF HIS FAT HANDS,

SO TALL AS TO RUB THE HEAVENS,

AND THE SOUND OF HIS ROAR SCARING AWAY ALL RIVAL SOUNDS

STANZA 5

HE CAUGHT HIM, AS HE RAN ROUND AND ROUND,

SAT ON THE SILL OF A DOOR, WITH HIS BODY ON HIS LAP,

AND, SINKING HIS CLAWS INTO HIS CHEST, DRANK GREEDILY THE BLOOD,

WHICH GUSHED UPWARDS FROM IT, AND CONTINUED TO ROAR

STANZA 6

THEN LEAVING THE DEAD BODY DOWN, HE GOT UP,

WET WITH BLOOD ALL OVER HIM,

AND WHEN LEAPING UP,

HE STARTED EATING ALL ASURAS,

THE EARTH QUAKED,

THE WATERS OF THE SEAS WERE WHIRLED ROUND AND ROUND,

ALL BIRDS SPED AWAY,

INDEED ALL THE WORLDS FELL INTO A SORRY STATE

STANZA 7

WHEN LEAVING THE DEAD BODY,

HE LEAPT, DRIPPING BLOOD FROM ALL OVER HIS BODY,

AND STARTED TO EAT ALL ASURAS,

THE EARTH QUAKED, THE SEAS WERE TOSSED AROUND,

ALL MOUNTAINS BEGAN SWINGING,

THE BIRDS FLEW AWAY,

AND THE WHOLE WORLD FELL INTO A SORRY STATE

STANZA 8

WHEN HE STOOD BEFORE ALL PRESENT, WET WITH BLOOD,

AND WEARING A GARLAND OF THE ASURA'S GUTS,

ALL WERE AFRAID AND STAYED FAR AWAY,

WHILE BRAHMA, SHIVA AND OTHERS PRAISED YOU ONE BY ONE

STANZA 9

EVEN THEN, WITH UNABATED ANGER, YOU STOOD ROARING,

AT BRAHMA'S WORDS,

THE LITTLE BOY, PRAHLAADA

BOLDLY APPROACHED AND TOUCHED YOUR FEET,

YOU CALMED DOWN AND AS HE PRAYED,

BOWING DOWN, PLACED YOUR HAND LOVINGLY ON HIS HEAD,

AND BLESSED THE WHOLE WORLD

STANZA 10

YOU, WHO PLAYED THIS ANGRY MAN'S ROLE,

AND WHOSE GREATNESS IS PRAISED IN THE UPANISHAD, CALLED THAAPANEEYAM,

AND WHO IS COMPLETELY BLEMISHLESS,

PLEASE SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, MY LORD

 

 DASAKOM 25

STANZA 1

AS HE STRUCK THE PILLAR,

ROSE YOUR TERRIBLE EAR-SPLITTING ROAR
WHICH REVERBERATED THROUGH
EVERY CORNER OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE
AND THE DEMON'S HEART QUIVERED
AT THIS NOISE HEARD NEVER BEFORE
AND EVEN BRAHMA MOVED IN HIS DIVINE SEAT.

STANZA 2

WHEN HE TURNED HIS FRIGHTENED EYES IN ALL FOUR SIDES
HE SAW YOUR FORM

THAT WAS NEITHER BEAST NOR MAN
AND AS HE, SAYIMG, “WHAT, WHAT IS THIS STRANGE TERRIBLE THING?"
LOOKED IN PANIC,

YOU STOOD UP, YOUR THICK WHITE HAIR FLYING HIGH

STANZA 3

HAIL! YOUR ROLLING PIERCING EYES,

THAT GLOWED LIKE BURNING GOLD,
YOUR HAIR SHAKING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SKY APPEARED TO QUIVER,
YOUR MOUTH OPEN LIKE DEEP WELLS

YOUR RAZOR-SHARP TONGUE,
AND YOUR PROTRUDING DAGGER-LIKE TEETH.

STANZA 4

YOUR CHEEKS WRINKLED LIKE THE WAVES OF SEA,

YOUR SHORT THICK NECK
CLAWS THAT PROJECT FROM YOUR HUNDRED ARMS,

EMITTIMG LOGHT FAR AND WIDE
THE SOUND OF YOUR ROAR AS LOUD

AS THE THUNDER CLOUDS OF THE LAST FLOOD,
YOUR LION-MAN FORM MAKING ALL YOUR ENEMIES FLEE.

STANZA 5

YOU LIFTED UP THE MIGHTY DEMON IN YOUR MIGHTY HANDS

AND WHIRLED HIM
WHO, SHOUTED “NO DOUBT THIS IS THE GOD VISHNU. I WILL KILL HIM NOW".
BUT HE, THE VALOUROUS SOLDIER,

PICKED UP SWORD AND SHIELD
AND MAKING MARVELLOUS MOVES,

AHO, AGAIN LEAPED TOWARDS YOU,

WHO COULD DEVOUR THE WORLD IN ONE GULP.

STANZA 6

AGAIN CATCHING IN YOUR HANDS THE PETTY DEMON,

YOU SAT IN THE DOOR
AND PLACING HIM ON YOUR LAP

SANK YOUR CLAWS INTO HIS CHEST

TORE IT INTO TWO PARTS
AND GLEEFULLY WENT ON DRINKING THE DROPS OF BLOOD SWELLING OUT OF HIM.
AND SHOUTED WAR CRIES WHICH HIT ALL THE WORLD.

STANZA 7

WHEN, WHOLE BODY SOAKED IN BLOOD

YOU, LEAVING THE LIFELESS DEMON
JUMPED UP AND STARTED DEVOURING ALL DEMONS OF THE WORLD.
EARTH QUAKED

HIGH WAVES ROSE IN SEAS,

AND THE MOUNTAINS SHOOK
THE BIRDS FLEW AWAY

AND THE UNIVERSE FELL INTO A SORRY STATE.

STANZA 8

THEN NOBODY IN THAT ASSEMBLY,

SHIVA, BRAHMA, INDRA, AND OTHER GODS
DARED TO APPROACH YOU,

ALL, STANDING FRIGHTENED FAR AWAY

SANG ONE BY ONE, HYMNS OF PRAISETO YOU
AND DID NOT DARE TO COME NEAR YOU,

WHO LOOKED HORRIBLE
WITH A GARLAND OF GUTS ROUND YOUR NECK AND

BODY SOAKED IN FLESH AND FAT,

STANZA 9

WHEN YOU WERE NOT STILL APPEASED,

PRAHLAD AT BRAHMA'S ORDER FEARLESSLY APPROACHED YOU,

AND BOWED
YOU, MOVED BY PITY, BECAME MILD

AND PLACING YOUR HAND ON HIS HEAD
GAVE BOONS TO HIM, WHO HAD NO DESIRES

AND BLESSINGS TO ALL THE WORLD.

STANZA 10

THUS YOU ACTED THIS CRUEL PART

AND YOUR GREATNESS HAS BEEN SUNG IN THE UPANISHAD CALLED THAAPANEEYAM,

PRAHLAAD'S DEAR FRIEND
YOU, PUREST OF THE PURE

MIGHTIER THAN THE MIGHTY

HOW CAN ANYONE DEFEAT YOU OF SUCH INIMITABLE POWER!
MY DEAR LORD, SAVE ME FROM ALL ILLNESSES, I PRAY YOU.