DASAKOM 83

 STANZA 1

 WHEN BALARAMA HAD GONE TO AMBADI,

 AND STAYED THERE ENJOYING THE COMPANY OF GIRLS,

 DRINKING BOUTS IN WHICH HE ENGAGED HIMSELF IN MAD ACTIVITIES LIKE STAYING YAMUNA FLOOD WITH HIS HANDS,

 POUNDRAKAVASDEVA SENT A MESSENGER TO YOU

 STANZA 2

 THE MESSENGER CAME TO THE ASSEMBLY, AND DERIDED BY ALL,

 CONVEYED HIS MESSAGE, " I AM NARAYANA, AND YOU ARE A FRAUD WEARING MY INSIGNIA, BETTER YOU REMOVE THEM AND SEEK MY FORGIVENESS QUICKLY

 STANZA 3

 AFTER THE MESSENGER LEFT, YOU WENT TO HIS CITY WITH YOUR ARMY,

 AND SAW HIM DRESSED WITH THE KOUSTHUBHA GEM BURNT INTO CHEST, FISHSHAPED EARRINGS AND YELLOW GARMENTS

 STANZA 4

 WHEN HE THREW HIS SUDARSHANAM MADE OF CAST IRON,

YOU CUT OFF HIS HEAD WITH YOUR OWN SUDARSHANACHAKRAM,

 DESTROYED HIS SOLDIERS WHO FLED IN FEAR,

 AND SENT TO KASHI HIS FRIEND THE KING OF KASHI'S HEAD

 STANZA 5

 BECAUSE OF HIS FOOLISHNESS,

OR FLATTERY OF SYCOPHANTS,

HE SERIOUSLY BELIEVED THAT HE WAS VASUDEVA,

 HE BECAME ONE WITH YOU?

 STANZA 6

 SUDAKSHINA, THE SON OF THE KING OF KASHI, WORSHIPPED GOD SHIVA,

AND FROM HIM GOT POWER OF BLACK MAGIC, AND SENT TOWARDS YOU A FIREBALL DEMON CALLED KRITHYA, FOLLOWED BY THE SCARED ARMY OF THE WILD CRATURES WHO REMEMBERED THE THRASHING THEY GOT IN THE WAR WITH BAANA

 STANZA 7

 EVEN WHEN PEOPLE, WHO WERE FRIGHTENED AT THE SIGHT OF THIS TERRIBLE PALMTREEHIGH KRITHYA,

 TOLD YOU, YOU, WHO WERE PLAYING IN A CHESS TOURNAMENT REMAINED UNPPERTRUBED AND DID NOT STIR IN YOUR SEAT,

ONLY RELEASED YOUR SUDARSHANAM, THE WHEEL OF TIME ROLLING UNSTOPPABLE BY ALL

 STANZA 8

 WHEN THE FRIGHTENING KRITHYA SAW YOUR ARROW COMING IT RAN IN FEAR, BACK TO THE EVIL SUDAKSHINA, BURNT HIM TO ASHES, DESTROYED IN FIRE THE CITY OF KASH COMPLETELY

 STANZA 9

 VIVIDA, WHO DID YEOMAN SERVICE IN WAR WITH RAAVANA,

 AS IF WISHING TO DIE AT YOUR HAND, STARTED TO TROUBLE PEOPLE, UNTIL HE WAS FELLED BY A BLOW OF BALARAAMA

 STANZA 10

 HEARING OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF SAAMBA,

WHO ELOPED WITH ROCHANA, DURYODHANA'S DAUGHTER ROCHANA

 WENT TO HASTHINAPURAM TO PACIFY HIM,

WHO RUDELY REJECTED ALL HIS WORDS OF PEACE,

 BALARAAMA DUG UP THE CITY AND DEMOLISHED IT

 AT THAT TIME, YOU DID NOT SEND YOUR ARMY, LEAVING THEM TO BE KILLED BY PAANDAVAS IN THE ONCOMING GREAT WAR

 FOR ALLEVIATION OF MY ILLNESS I PRAY TO YOU WHOSE PLAYS NOBODY UNDRSTANDS, MY LORD