DASAKOM 9

STANZA 1

BRAHMA, SEATED IN YOUR NAVEL, AS IN A LOTUS,

NOT SEEING FROM WHERE THE VOICE CAME,

TURNED HIS HEAD IN FOUR DIRECTIONS,

AND THUS BECAME A FOURHEADED GOD

STANZA 2

SEEING IN THE LARGE OCEAN, ONLY THE LOTUS,

BUT NOT ITS SUPPORT,

HE BECAME BEWILDERED, AND WONDERED,

“FROM WHERE CAME I, FROM WHERE CAME THIS LOTUS HERE!

STANZA 3

THINKING THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REASON FOR THIS,

HE, FROM WHOM ALL WISDOM CAME,

SLID DOWN THE HOLE IN ITS STALK,

AND SEARCHED, WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS

STANZA 4

NOT SEEING YOU,

AFTER SEARCHING EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF THE STALK,

HE RETURNED UP THE STALK,

AND SITTING IN A COMFORTABLE POSTURE,

MEDITATED, PRAYING FOR YOUR BLESSING, MY LORD

STANZA 5

ENLIGHTENED BY HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF INTENSE CONCENTRATION,

HE SAW YOUR WONDERFUL BODY,

NOT SEEN TILL NOW,

LYING ON THE SERPENT, ANANTHA, AND MY LORD

STANZA 6

I CAN SEE IN MY MIND YOUR BODY, SHOWN TO BRAHMA,

HANDSOME LIKE THICK BLACK CLOUDS AND CLOVE BLOOMS,

ADORNED WITH WAISTBAND,

GLISTENING IN THE RAYS

OF THE GEMS OF THE CROWN, BANGLES, GARLANDS, AND OTHER ORNAMENTS

STANZA 7

YOU, WHOSE GREATNESS WAS PRAISED BY BRAHMA, THUS

YOU WHO IS KNOWN ONLY BY READING IN SCRIPTURES,

HAVE COME INTO MY VIEW BY MY LUCK

MASTER, GIVE ME THE SKILL TO CREATE THE WORLD

MY LORD PLEASE PROTECT ME, MY LORD

STANZA 8

YOU MADE HIM VERY HAPPY, TELLING,

“YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE ALL THE THREE WORLDS,

AND WILL NOT INCUR ANY SIN BY THAT YOU WILL HAVE MY BLESSING,

PERFORM MORE TAPAS FOR SOME MORE TIME

AND YOUR INTENSE DEVOTION TO ME WILL GIVE YOU ALL THAT YOU WANT”

STANZA 9

AFTER ANOTHER HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS OF INCREASED SEVERITY,

AND THUS INCREASED BRAIN POWER,

HE, MADE STRONG BY YOU,

DRANK ALL THE AIR AND THE WATER,

WHEN HE SAW THE LOTUS VIOLENTLY SHAKING IN THE SEA

STANZA 10

AGAIN BY YOUR GRACE,

HE CONSTRUCTED ALL THE THREE WORLDS

WITH THAT LOTUS, AND STARTED TO CREATE ALL EXISTING THINGS

LORD OF GURUVAYOOR, SO KIND TO ALL YOUR DEVOTEES,

PROTECT ME FROM MY DISEASE, PLEASE