DASAKOM 14

STANZA 1

MANU, SON OF BRAHMA,

RECALLING CONTINUOUSLY

YOUR STORY WITHOUT BREAK,

LIVED HAPPILY, AS A DEVOTEE OF YOURS

STANZA 2

AT THAT TIME, KARDAMA, BORN FROM BRAHMA'S SHADOW,

AT HIS WORD, DID PENANCE,

FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE,

IN ORDER TO HAVE CHILDREN, MY LORD

STANZA 3

THEN YOU SHOWED HIM YOUR BODY,

BEAUTIFUL LIKE DARK THICK CLOUDS,

HOLDING LOTUS FLOWER IN YOUR HAND,

FACE RESPLENDENT WITH A SWEET SMILE

STANZA 4

HIM, AS HE STOOD PRAYING,

YOU BLESSED, AND GIVING MANU'S DAUGHTER FOR WIFE,

NINE DAUGHTERS, AND YOURSELF AS SON, LEFT

STANZA 5

FOLLOWING THE ADVICE OF NAARADA,

WHOM YOU PROMPTED THERETO,

MANU, WITH HIS QUEEN SHATHAROOPA,

AND DAUGHTER DEVAHOOTHI,

CAME TO KARDAMA, WHO WAS AWAITING HIM

STANZA 6

MARRIED TO DEVAHOOTHI,

THOUGH HE WANTED TO SPEND HIS LIFE

 IN WORSHIPPING YOU,

HE WAS VERY PLEASED

WITH HER LOVING CARE OF HIM

STANZA 7

THEN IN AN AEROPLANE

ATTAINED BY THE POWER HE GOT BY WORSHIPPING YOU,

HE, REGAINING HIS YOUTH,

LIVED WITH SEVERAL GIRLS IN HEAVEN HAPPILY

STANZA 8

AFTER THE LAPSE OF A HUNDRED YEARS,

HE WANTED TO GO TO THE FOREST,

AND LEAD A HERMIT'S LIFE,

STAYED BACK AT HER REQUEST,

AWAITING YOUR COMING, MY LORD

STANZA 9

AS DEVAHOOTHI, HONOURING YOUR ADVICE,

PRAYED DEVOUTLY TO YOU,

YOU CAME, TO TEACH ALL,

THE ULTIMATE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE

STANZA 10

WHEN SATISFIED, KARDAMA LEFT FOR THE FOREST LIFE,

YOU WHO TAUGHT YOUR MOTHER,

THE ESSENCE OF ALL RELGIONS, MY LORD,

SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, PLEASE