DASAKOM 38

STANZA 1

ON THE DAY OF YOUR BIRTH, THE RAINY SEASON WAS AT ITS PEAK,

COVERING THE SKY WITH DARK RAINCLOUDS

EMITTING RAYS OF GREAT HANDSOME HUE

RIVALLING YOUR BODY IN ITS CHARM

STANZA 2

WHEN GOOD PEOPLE, WHOSE CONSCIENCE WAS VERY CLEAR,

SLEPT SOUNDLY, WITH ALL AROUND WELL COOLED BY POURING RAINWATER,

AS THE MOON WAS RISING OVER THE HORIZON BRIGHT,

YOU APPEARED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MY LORD

STANZA 3

IN THE DELIVERY ROOM, YOU LAY EVEN AT THIS YOUNG AGE,

POSSESSING ALL SIGNS OF GREATNESS,

WEARING CROWN, BANGLE, BRACELET AND OTHER ORNAMENTS,

AND WITH BODY DARK AS CLOUD

STANZA 4

IT APPEARED AS IF THE GODDESS LAKSMI,

WHO, CLINGING TO YOUR CHEST, CAST HER LOOK AROUND,

WAS SWEEPING AWAY THE DIRT GATHERED BY KAMSA,

WITH HER SIDEWISE MOVING GLANCES AS WITH A LONG THIN BROOM

STANZA 5

VASUDEVA, THRILLED AT BEING ABLE TO SEE WITH HIS OWN EYES,

YOU, WHO IS BEYOND THE REACH OF THE GREATEST SAGES, PRAISED YOU,

WHOSE SIGHT WAS LIKE NECTAR TO HIS EYES

SHEDDING TEARS OF JOY, QUIVERING WITH EXCITEMENT AND TEARCHOKED THROAT

STANZA 6

HE PRAYED TO YOU AND PRAISED,

"LORD, YOU ARE ABOVE ALL BEINGS, YOUR LOOK IS LIKE A SCYTHE

TO WEED OUT ALL SORROWS LIKE WILD GROWTH OF PLANTS

PLEASE REMOVE MY TROUBLES BY TURNING YOUR LOOK ON ME "AND SO ON

STANNZA 7

AND WHEN YOUR MOTHER TOO PRAISED, WITH HER BODY,

MOISTENED BY TEARS, HE KINDLY REMINDED THEM BOTH

OF THEIR LAST BIRTH,

AND ON HER REQUEST, ASSUMED HUMAN SHAPE

STANZA 8

WHEN YOU ASKED YOUR FATHER

TO EXCHANGE YOU WITH NANDAGOPA'S DAUGHTER,

AND HE TOOK YOU IN HIS HANDS,

LIKE A LOTUS A SMALL PRETTY SWAN

STANZA 9

BORN, IN THE FARMYARD HOUSE, WAS MAAYA,

THE GODDESS OF ILLUSIONARY POWER, AT YOUR REQUEST,

AND PUT ALL THE CITY POPULATION IN DEEP SLEEP

NO WONDER, THE TIGHTLY BOLTED DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN

STANZA 10

SHOWN THE WAY BY ANANTHA THE SERPENT KING,

WITH THE LIGHT OF HIS CRESTJEWEL BRIGHT,

VADUDEVA CONSIDERING HIMSELF AS THE MOST FORTUNATE, STARTED

PLEASE SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, I PRAY