DASAKOM 33

STANZA 1

KING AMBAREESHA, SON OF NAABHAAGA, VAIVASWATHAMANU'S SON,

EVEN WHEN HE WAS THE RULER OF THE WHOLE EARTH, BOUNDED BY THE SEVEN SEAS,

LIKED TO LIVE IN THE COMPANY OF YOUR DEVOTEES,

AND TO WORSHIP YOU ALWAYS

STANZA 2

WHEN HE, PERFORMING ALL HIS DUTIES AS AN OFFERING AT YOUR FEET,

YOU, PLEASED WITH HIM, APPEARED IN FRONT,

AND WITHOUT HIS ASKING, GAVE HIM, FOR PROTECTION,

YOUR SUDARSHANACHAKRAM, MY LORD

STANZA 3

ONE YEAR, HE, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE,

WORSHIPPED YOU IN MADHUVANAM, ON THE BANK OF YAMUNA,

BY OBSERVING THE DWAADASHREEVRATHAM, FOR ONE YEAR,

AND GAVE TO BRAHMINS, SIX CRORE COWS

STANZA 4

ON THE CONCLUDING DAY OF THE PENANCE,

THE SAGE DURVAAESAS CAME THERE

AND WHEN INVITED BY THE KING,

HE, WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN HURTING PEOPLE,

SLOWLY WENT TO YAMUNA, TO WASH HIS FEET

AND DO OTHER THINGS, BEFORE TAKING FOOD

STANZA 5

THE KING WAITED FOR A LONG TIME,

AND WHEN THE SAGE DID NOT STILL TURN UP,

HE COMPLETED THE PENANCE BY RITUALLY DRINKING WATER

WHEN THE SAGE BY HIS YOGIC POWER, KNEW IT, HE GOT ANGRY,

AND PULLED THE FIRESPITTING DEMON FROM HIS HAIR AND RELEASED IT AFTER THE KING

STANZA 6

WHEN THE KING SAW THE HORRIBLE DEMON WITH SWORD IN HAND,

HE WAS NOT PERTURBED, AND DID NOT MOVE AN INCH,

WHEN YOUR SUDARSHANAM BURNT THE DEMON TO ASHES

AND RAN AFTER THE SAGE, IN FULL SPEED

STANZA 7

FLEEING IN FEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD,

AND SEEING EVERYWHERE THE WHEEL BEHIND HIM,

HE WENT FOR HELP TO BRAHMA, WHO SAID,

"WHO CAN STOP THE WHEEL OF TIME!”

AND WHEN HE APPROACHED SHIVA,

HE ONLY BOWED HIS HEAD AND FOLDED HIS HEAD

AND WHEN ULTIMATELY CAME TO THE KING AND FELL AT HIS FEET,

HE TOLD HIM TO GO ONLY TO YOU FOR REFUGE

STANZA 8

LORD, YOU TOLD THE SAGE,

"O! SAGE, YOU KNOW, I AM MY DEVOTEE'S SERVANT

TAPAS AND LEARNING ARE NO GOOD WITHOUT MODESTY

GO AND FALL AT THE FEET OF AMBAREESHA, AND BEG”

STANZA 9

THE KING DREW BACK, AND PRAYED TO YOUR WHEEL,

AND TOLD HIM, “PLEASE HAVE COMPASSION

ON THOSE, WHO ARE GUILTY,

AND LOVE THE INNOCENT, O GREAT SAGE

STANZA 10

THE KING WHO HAD WAITED ONE YEAR FOR THE SAGE, WITHOUT EATING,

FED THE SAGE, WITH SUMPTUOUS MEAL, TILL HE WAS HAPPY,

AND WHEN HE LEFT, THE KING BROKE HIS FAST,

AND REMAINING MORE DEVOTED,

BECAME ONE WITH YOU

SAVE ME PLEASE, MY LORD