DASAKOM 79

 STANZA 1

 YOU ENTERED DEEP INTO THE CITY ACCOMPANIED BY BALARAMA,

 AND YOUR ARMY,

 WAS RECEIVED WITH HONOURS BY KING BHISHMAKA

 AND SHE THANKED THE BRAHMIN BOY GLADLY

 BOWING BEFORE HIM IN GRATITUDE

 STANZA 2

 THE CITIZENS SPENT THE NIGHT

 IN HAPPINESS AS THEY SAW

 YOUR BODY, HANDSOMEST IN THE WORLD,

 AND IN MISERY WHEN THEY REMEMBERED SISUPALA'S ACTIONS

 STANZA 3

 THEN YOU SAW, COMING TOWARDS YOU,

 RUKMINI DRESSED IN SIMPLE CLOTHES,

 GOING TO SHREE PARVATHI'S TEMPLE,

 WITH PROTECTIVE ARMY BEHIND HER

 STANZA 4

 ALONG WITH MATRONS OF HER FAMILY,

 SHE WORSHIPPED THE GODDESS

 WITH GREAT DEVOTEDNESS AND PRAYED

 MAY KRISHNA BE MY HUSBAND DEAR”

 STANZA 5

 WHEN THE OTHER KINGS WERE GAPING GREEDILY

 AND YOU STANDING QUIETLY TO ONE SIDE,

 THE PRINCESS CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE,

 CASTING A GLOW OF BEAUTY ROUND

 STANZA 6

 WHILE THE KINGS GATHERED THERE

 SAT STUNNED BY HER BEAUTY RARE

 YOU TOO LOST YOUR CALM,

 IT IS SAID

 STANZA 7

 ADVANCING AND LAYING YOUR HAND SOFTLY ON HER BACK,

YOU SAID, " WHERE ARE YOU GOING, PRETTY GIRL? “

 AND YOU TOOK HER IN YOUR CHARIOT FAST WHEN AROSE

 A LOUD SHOUT OF PROTEST FROM ALL YOUR FOES

 STANZA 8

 THE KINGS WHO CAME TO FIGHT, SHOUTING

 “WHERE IS THIS FARMBOY GONE?”

 WERE EASILY DRIVEN AWAY BY YOUR PEOPLE,

 AND YOU DID NOT STIR LIKE A LION ATTACKED BY PETTY DOGS

 STANZA 9

 THEN YOU CAPTURED RUKMI WHO CAME TO FIGHT,

 AND AT BALARAMA'S WORDS, DID NOT KILL,

 BUT LEFT HIM HUMBLED WITH HIS HAIR CUT,

 AND WENT TO YOUR CITY MATHURA WITH YOUR BRIDE,

 WHO WAS VERILY GODDESS LAKSHMI HERSELF

 STANZA 10

 YOU MADE HER HAPPY WITH AMOROUS SPORTS

 WHEN ALL ALONE, AS SHE CAME

 SMILING WITH INCREASING LOVE,

 BUT SHY AT THIS NEW CLOSE EMBRACE

 STANZA 11

 IN THIS WAY, YOU OVERCAME HER SHYNESS

 WITH LOVETALK, DAY AND NIGHT,

 MADE HER ENOUGH AS TO

 MAKE HER TAKE FIRST STEPS

 STANZA 12

 THUS FULLY MAKING HER HAPPIER AND HAPPIER,

 BY YOUR SHOWING OF LOVE FOR HER

 YOU SPENT ALL YOUR TIME, MY LORD,

 PLEASE GIVE RELIEF TO PAINS, I PRAY