DASAKOM 24

STANZA 1

WHEN YOU, AS A BOAR, KILLED

HIS BROTHER, HIRANYAKAKASHIPU,

IN AN ASSEMBLY OF ASURAS,

HE MADE A VOW TO KILL YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 2

HE WORSHIPPED BRAHMA, BY DOING VERY HARD TAPAS,

AND GETTING AS BOON, THAT HE BE NOT KILLED BY MEN, DEVAS, AND BEASTS,

DESTROYED THE WORLD, UNDER YOUR PROTECTION,

AND CAPTURED THE HEAVEN, MY LORD

STANZA 3

WHEN HE CAME SEARCHING, TO YOUR WORLD, YOU DISAPPERED FROM VIEW,

BECOMING INFINITELY SMALL, ENTERED HIS HEART,

AND THINKING THAT YOU RAN AWAY, HE WENT BACK,

ASSUMING THAT HE DEFEATED YOU, IN GREAT PRIDE

STANZA 4

TO HIM WAS BORN PRAHLAADA,

WHO, FROM THE TIME WHEN HE WAS IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB,

KNEW ALL ABOUT YOUR GREATNESS,

FROM THE SAGE, NAARADA, MY LORD

STANZA 5

SEEING IN HIS OWN SON, YOUR WORSHIP,

WHICH THE ASURAS CONSIDER RIDICULOUS,

HE GOT VERY ANGRY,

AND APPOINTED TEACHERS TO CORRECT HIM,

BUT HE DISMISSED WHATEVER THEY SAID,

AND PERSISTED IN WORSHIPPING YOU

STANZA 6

WHEN HE ASKED HIS SON, “WHAT IS THE BEST YOU HAVE LEARNT?"

READILY HE SAID THAT THE BEST HE HAS LEARNT WAS YOUR WORSHIP,

HE KNEW THAT IT WAS HIS NATURE,

BEYOND CORRECTION,

AND DEVISED PLANS TO KILL HIM ALAS!

STANZA 7

HE WAS CRUCIFIED,

TRAMPLED BY HUGE ELEPHANTS,

HURLED FROM TOP OF HILLS,

HA, HA! , DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN,

BECAUSE HIS MIND WAS ABSORBED,

IN THOUGHTS OF YOU ALONE

STANZA 8

WHEN THEY TIED HIM UP WITH THE TOUGHEST OF ROPES,

HE, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE TEACHER,

TAUGHT HIS FOLLOWERS, THE ASURA BOYS,

THE WAYS OF WORSHIPPING YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 9

WHEN HE WAS ASKED BY HIS FATHER

“YOU, DESTROYER OF THE FAMILY HONOUR,

TELL ME, WHAT IS YOUR STRENGTH? ",

MY STENGTH IS GOD,

HE IS YOUR STRENGTH TOO,

AND THE WORLDS,

IN FACT, HE IS PRESENT IN THE WORLD

STANZA 10

THEN HE ASKING, “IS YOUR GOD IN THIS PILLAR?

WHIPPED UP HIS SWORD AND STRUCK THE PILLAR ASKING “IS HE IN THIS PILLAR?”

I AM NOT ABLE TO SAY MORE,

PLEASE HELP ME, MY GOD