DASAKOM 16

STANZA 1

DAKSHA, BRAHMA'S SON, MARRIED MANU'S DAUGHTER, PRASOOTHI

AND HAD THIRTEEN DAUGHTERS,

OF WHOM HE GAVE IN MARRIAGE TEN TO DHARMA,

SWADHA TO ANCESTRAL SPIRITS, SWAAHA TO FIRE,

AND SATHI TO SHIVA,

WHO IS A PART INCARNATION OF YOURS

STANZA 2

MOORTHI, DHARMA'S DAUGHTER, GAVE BITTH TO YOU,

NAARAAYANA, AND YOUR TWIN BROTHER, NARA,

OF EXTRAORDINARY POWER AT WHOSE BIRTH,

DEVAS IN HEAVEN SHOWERED FLOWERS AND PRAISED YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 3

YOU TOGETHER FOUGHT THOUSAND TIMES WITH AN ASURA, CALLED SAHASRAKAVACHA,

WHO HAD A THOUSAND STEEL COATS OF ARMS THAT COULD BE PIERCED

ONLY AFTER ALTERNATIVELY PERFORMING EACH TIME,

BOTH YAAGA AND FIGHT, IN THAT ORDER,

AND THEN WHEN ONLY ONE COAT WAS LEFT,

YOU EASILY KILLED HIM, IN NO TIME

STANZA 4

YOU AND YOUR BROTHER STAYED IN BADARINATH,

TEACHING THE DUTIES OF MAN,

AND WAYS OF ATTAINING LIBERATION,

WHEN DEVENDRA, AFRAID OF LOSING HIS SUPREMACY,

SENT CUPID, ALONG WITH HEAVEN'S DANCING GIRLS

STANZA 5

CUPID, WITH SPRING AS FRIEND,

GIRLS'S GLANCES AS ARROWS, SHOT AT YOU SEVERAL TIMES,

AND WHEN HE FOUND THAT IT DID NOT MAKE A DENT ON YOU,

GOT AFRAID AND FLED HURRIEDLY

STANZA 6

YOU CALLED HIM BACK, AND SAID,

“DONT FEAR, CUPID, COME AND RECEIVE OUR HOSPITALITY",

AND SHOWED HIM YOUR PRETTY MAIDS,

WHEN HE WAS STUNNED, AND PRAISED YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 7

CUPID AND OTHERS WHO CAME TO DELUDE YOU,

WERE THEMSELVES DELUDED BY THE CHARMS OF THE MAIDS,

AND ACCEPTED URVASHI, WHOSE BEAUTY MADE THEM LOSE THEIR PRIDE

IN THEIR BEAUTIFULLY CHARMING GIRLS

STANZA 8

DEVENDRA, SEEING URVASHI, AND HEARING WHAT HAPPENED,

WAS VERY MUCH HUMBLED, THINKING OF YOUR SUPERIORITY

NO INCARNATION OF YOURS HAS BEEN GREATER THAN THIS,

EXCEPT THIS OF YOURS, MY LORD

STANZA 9

DAKKSHA, SON OF BRAHMA, WAS SPOILT BY HIS FATHER,

SO MUCH THAT HE DID NOT PAY ANY CARE TO YOUR WORSHIP,

AND ARROGANTLY INSULTED LORD SHIVA, PART INCARNATION OF YOURS,

AND HUMILIATED HIS OWN DAUGHTER, DURING THE YAAGA, TAINTED BY HIS HATRED

STANZA 10

WHEN SHIVA ANGRILY DESPOILED THE YAAGA,

AND CHOPPED OFF HIS HEAD,

AT THE DEVAS' PLEADINGS,

SHIVA REVIVED HIM, WHO PRAISED THE LORD HUMBLY

MY LORD, WHO IS SO KIND TO ALL DEVOTEES,

KINDLY SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS PLEASE