DASAKOM 87

 STANZA 1

 A BRAHMIN CALLED KUCHELA WHO STUDIED TOGETHER WITH YOU

 IN SANDIPANI SCHOOL AS A CHILD,

 SPENT HIS DAYS AS AN ABSTINENT HOUSEHOLDER,

 WITHOUT ANY INTEREST IN WEALTH AND OTHER THINGS

 STANZA 3

 SINCE HIS WIFE OF THE SAME CHARACTER,

 DID NOT HAVE THE SAME SELFCONTROL,

 AND TOLD HIM ONCE, "WHY DONT YOU ASK YOUR FRIEND KRISHNA

 TO HELP US, SO THAT WE COULD AT LEAST LIVE? "

 STANZA 4

 THUS PRESSED BY HER, THOUGH HE WAS AGAINST GAINING WEALTH,

 AS AN INTOXICANT AND AS HARMFUL AS ALCOHOL,

 HE DECIDED TO GO, SO THAT HE COULD SEE HIS FRIEND,

 AND STARTED, WITH SOME FLATTENED DRIED RICE

 STANZA 5

 YOU REACHED THE WONDERCITY THAT IS DWAARAKA,

 AND CAME GRADUALLY TO THE HOUSE OF ONE YOUR WIVES,

 ENTERING, HE FELT AS HAPPY AS IF HE WAS IN VAIKUNTHHAM, THE HIGHEST OF HEAVENLY ABODES,

 WHEN KRISHNA WELCOMED HIM WITH GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT

 STANZA 6

 AFTER HE WAS SEATED AND MADE COMFORTABLE

 BY THE COOL SOFT BREEZE WAFTED BY THE FAN,

 WHICH WAS OPERATED BY YOUR WIFE, YOU HELD HIS HANDS

 AND TALKED ABOUT YOUR LIFE IN SCHOOL IN THE BYGONE DAYS

 STANZA 7

 WHEN YOU ATE A HANDFUL OF THE ROASTRICE,

 PULLING OUT OF HIS SHY HANDS

 GODDESS LAKSHMI (IN THE FORM OF RUKMINI? ) HERSELF RAN

 AND STOPPED YOU, SAYING, " ENOUGH, ENOUGH, MY DEAR”

 STANZA 8

 RECEIVED RESPECTFULLY BY YOU, THE SERVANT OF THOSE, WHO LOVE YOU,

 HE STAYED IN YOUR HOUSE VERY HAPPILY A FOR ONE NIGHT, AND

 LEFT WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY MONEY THE NEXT DAY, HAVING FORGOTTEN TO ASK

 YOUR BLESSING COMES IN UNPREDICTABLE WAYS, MY LORD

 STANZA 8

 AFTER HE LEFT, HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO ASK YOU FOR HELP,

 AND THINKING “IF I HAD ASKED, KRISHNA WOULD SURELY HAVE GIVEN WHAT SHALL I TELL MY WIFE?”

 BUT AGAIN HIS NIND WENT BACK TO YOUR TALK, PLAYFULNESS AND SMILE,

 UNTIL HE GRADUALLY SAW THAT YOU WERE IN FRONT OF A BEAUTIFUL MANSION

 STANZA 9