DASAKOM 8

STANZA 1

AT THE END OF THE GREAT FLOOD,

FIRST, BRAHMA WAS BORN,

AND LEARNING VEDAS FROM YOU, STARTED

CREATING IN THE SAME WAY AS LAST TIME

STANZA 2

HE LIVED THROUGH FOUR THOUSAND AEONS,

OF DAYS AND NIGHTS, EACH,

NOW HE, MERGED IN YOU,

SLEEPS,

AND THIS IS KNOWN AS NAIMITHHIKAPRALAYAM, MY LORD

STANZA 3

HE DOES CREATION EVERYDAY,

AS WE DO OUR MORNING RITUALS, REGULARLY,

FOR THE IMMORTALS,

WHO WERE BORN IN THE PREVIOUS AEON

CREATION WAS LIKE WAKING UP AFTER SLEEP

STANZA 4

HE IS NOW IN HIS FIFTIETH YEAR,

HAVING LIVED HALF HIS LIFE,

AND WE SHALL TELL WHAT HE DID ON THE LAST NIGHT,

AND NARRATE YOUR ACTIVITIES OF THE NEXT DAY

STANZA 5

AT THE END OF THE DAY, BRAHMA, BECAUSE

HE WANTED TO SLEEP, GOT MERGED IN YOU,

ALL THE WORLDS ENTERED YOUR BODY,

AND THE WHOLE WORLD BECAME

ONE WIDE SEA

STANZA 6

IN THAT OCEAN, WHICH COVERED THE WORLD,

YOU SLEPT ON ANANTHA,

WHO IS YOU YOURSEF IN ANOTHER FORM,

MIND SEALED IN A YOGIC TRANCE,

AND CONSCIOUS OF ONLY AN INTENSE JOY

STANZA 7

ORDERING THE POWER THAT IMPELS TIME

TO WAKE YOU, AT THE END OF THE FLOOD,

YOU WENT TO SLEEP,

WITH ALL LIVING BEINGS,

IN WHOM THEIR WORKING HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR SOME TIME

STANZA 8

WHEN YOU HAD SLEPT

FOR FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AEONS, ALONE LIKE THIS,

THAT POWER BEHIND TIME,

WAKING FIRST, WOKE YOU UP, MY LORD

STANZA 9

WHEN YOU WOKE, AND LYING IN WATER,

SAW ALL THINGS DISSOLVED IN IT,

YOU CAST A LOOK AT THEM,

WHICH WERE IN YOU IN THEIR ELEMENTAL STAGE

STANZA 10

THEN FROM YOUR NAVEL, ROSE A DIVINE LOTUS PLANT,

WHOSE BUD APPEARED AS A CONDENSED FORM

OF ALL MATTER WHICH

TOGETHER COMPRISES THE WORLD

STANZA 11

THIS LOTUS PLANT

RISING FROM YOUR BODY THROUGH THE WATER,

SHED A GLORIOUS GLOW,

BREAKING THE DARKNESS, ENVELOPING IT

STANZA 12

IN THAT WONDERFULLY STRANGE

LOTUS PLANT, APPEARED BRAHMA,

ALONG WITH VEDAS,

WHICH WOKE ON THEIR OWN

STANZA 13

MAY YOU, POWERFUL BEYOND LIMIT,

WHO WOKE BRAHMA THUS

IN THE LAST AEON, MY LORD,

SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, PLEASE