Thursday, December 15, 2016


 DASAKOM 51

 STANZA 1

 ONE DAY, IN THE EARLY MORNING,
 YOU AND FRIENDS, WENT OUT
 ON A PICNIC IN THE WOODS,
 WITH MEAL AND CURRIES TO MATCH

 STANZA 2

 THE SAINTS, WHO HAD COME TO SEE YOU,
 WERE HAPPY TO BE EXPOSED TO THE DUST
 RAISED BY YOUR FEET CAPABLE OF PURIFYING ALL THE THREE WORLDS
 IN THE HOLY VRINDAAVAN

 STANZA 3

 WHEN YOU WERE GRAZING THE COWS IN THAT FERTILE LAND,
 AGHAAASURA, FOR NO GOOD,
 BLOCKED YOUR PATH,
 IN THE FORM OF A HUGE PYTHON

 STANZA 4

 WHEN YOU HAD GONE A LITTLE FAR,
 THE BOYS ENTERED
 IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME FUN,
 IT’S MOUTH, LARGE LIKE A CAVE

 STANZA 5

 WHEN THE BOYS ENTERED BY MISTAKE,
 TS MOUTH, AS LARGE AS A CAVE
 YOU TOO, SEEING THAT, ENTERED,
 TO PROTECT YOUR HELPLESS FRIENDS

 STANZA 6

 WHEN, AS YOU GREW IN SIZE,
 AND CHOKED ITS THROAT,
 THE BIG SNAKE STRUGGLED FOR BREATH,
 YOU CAME OUT, FREEING THE ENTRAPPED BOYS

 STANZA 7

 THEN YOU CAME OUT, RIPPING THE THROAT OF THE ASURA CHIEF,
 WHO WAITED FOR A MINUTE, IN THE SKY,
 AND MERGED IN YOU, AS YOU EMERGED FROM ITS MOUTH,
 WHILE THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN SANG AND DANCED WITH JOY

 STANZA 8

 THEN YOU, WITH FRIENDS,
 FOLLOWED BY ADMIRING GODS,
 INCLUDING BRAHMA, AND OTHERS
 COMPLETED THE PICNIC FEAST,

 STANZA 9

 YOU ATE, CARRYING THE FLUTE, CANE, AND HORN
 ENTRRTAINIG YOUR FRIENDS
 WITH JOKES AND PLEASANT TALK
 LORD, HELP ME OUT OF MY MIISERY, I PRAY
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