DASAKOM 50

 STANZA 1

 ONE DAY EARLY IN THE EARLY MORNING,

YOU, WITH FRIENDS AND CATTLE WENT FOR A PICNIC IN THE WOODS,

WITH MEAL AND THE CURRIES

 STANZA 2

THE SAINTS TOOK THE DUST, RAISED FROM YOUR GROUND,

AS YOU STEPPED IN THE HOLY VRINDAVAN,

 STANZA 3

 WHEN YOU WERE GRAZING THE CALVES AND LAMBS,

 A DEMON, CALLED AGHA, BLOCKED YOUR WAY, IN THE FORM OF A HUGE PYTHON

 STANZ A 4

 WHEN YOU WERE GONE SOMEWHERE NEAR BY,

 YOUR FRIENNDS PLAYFULLY GOT INTO ITS MOUTH,

 WHICH WAS AS LARGE AS A CAVE,

 STANZA 5

 WHEN YOU KNEW THAT BY MISTAKE THEY ENTERED HIS MOUTH,

 THEIR BODIES BURNING AS IF BEING COOKED IN HIS FIERY MOUTH,

 YOU TOO ENTERED, IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR FRIENDS

 STANZA 6

 INSIDE HIS THROAT,

 YOU GREW IN SIZE, CHOKING HIS THROAT,

 AND TORE HIM IN TWO,

 FREEING YOUR FRIENDS

 STANZA 7

 A GREAT LIGHT CAME OUT OF THE GREAT DEMON IN THE SKY,

 AND WAITED FOR YOU AND MERGED IN YOU

 AND THEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN DANCED AND SANG

 STANZA 8

 AT MIDDAY, FOLLOWED BY BRAHMA AND OTHER GODS,

 YOU, ALONG WITH FRIENDS, TOOK YOUR PICNIC FEAST

 STANZA 9

 AND WATCHED AND PRAISED BY DEVAS, SAYING,

 “YOU LIKE THE MEAL WITH COWHERDS

 MORE THAN THAT IN A SACRIFICE WITH DEVAS! "

 YOU COMPLETED YOUR PICNIC FEAST

 STANZA 10

 LOOKED AT WITH JOY BY WOMEN, WHO CAME,

 WHEN THEY HEARD THE ENCHANTING SOUNDS OF YOUR FLUTE,

 AND BRINGING HAPPINESS TO YOUR PARENTS, YOU WENT HOME

 LORD OF GURUVAAYOOR, SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, I PRAY