DASAKOM 19

STANZA 1

PRACHETAS, SKILLED IIN ALL ARTS,

WERE BORN IN PRITHU'S LINE,

OF PRAACHEENABARHIS AND HIS WIFE, SHATHADRUTHI,

AS IF THEY WERE SPROUTS OF YOUR KINDNESS, MY LORD

STANZA 2

AT THE ORDER OF THEIR FATHER WHO WAS KEEN ON PROPAGATING THE FAMILY,

ALL TEN OF THEM, IN ORDER TO WORSHIP YOU, WENT TO THE WESTERN OCEAN, AND SAW A BEAUTIFUL LAKE ON ITS SHORE

STANZA 3

THEN LORD SHIVA, A GREAT DEVOTEE OF YOURS,

WHO HAD COME TO THAT HOLY PLACE,

SEEING THEM PRAYING TO YOU APPROACHED

AND TAUGHT THEM SONGS PRAISING YOU

STANZA 4

THEY, STANDING IN THE LAKE,

WORSHIPPED YOU FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

SINGING THOSE HYMNS,

AND IN THEIR ENJOYMENT OF SINGING YOUR PRAISES,

DID NOT MIND THE TIME THAT PASSED,

SINCE THEY WERE NOT IN A HURRY, LIKE DHRUVA

STANZA 5

BY THEIR PENANCES OF INCREASING SEVERITY,

THEIR FATHER WAS CLEANSED

OF THE TAINTS OF SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER,

AND TAUGHT BY NAARADA, BECAME ONE WITH YOU

STANZA 6

BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE TO DEVOTEES,

YOU CAME TO THEM, SEATED ON GARUDA,

SPREADING ALL AROUND A FROM THE SUDARSHANACHAKRAM,

AND OTHER POWERFUL WEAPONS IN YOUR HANDS

STANZA 7

YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE OF DEVOTEES,

WITHOUT THEIR ASKING, GAVE THEM BOONS,

AND SAID, "MAY EVEN A THOUGHT OF YOU

MAKE ALL HAPPY, AND FULFIL ALL WISHES"

STANZA 8

YOU ADDED, "MARRY THE DAUGHTER OF THE LORD OF FORESTS,

AND LIVE HAPPILY FOR A HUNDREDTHOUSAND YEARS,

AND AFTER GETTING DAKSHA AS SON,

QUICKLY COME TO ME"

STANZA 9

THEN, AS THEY WENT ON MERCILESSLY CUTTING OFF THE FORESTS OVERRUNNING THE EARTH,

WHEN BRAHMA INTERVENED, AND IN DEFERENCE TO HIM, THEY DESISTED,

THE LORD OF FORESTS, THANKED THEM,

AND GAVE THEIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THEM

STANZA 10

AFTER LIVING WITH HER HAPPILY, AND GETTING DAKSHA AS SON,

PERFORMING SEVERAL SACRIFICES, REACHED YOUR ABODE OF BLISS

MY LORD, WHO ACHIEVED ALL THIS,

SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, PLEASE

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