DASAKOM 32

STANZA 1

LONG AGO, IN THE LAST FLOOD AT THE END OF THE SIXTH MANU'S REIGN,

THE ASURA, HAYAGREEVA, STOLE THE VEDAS FROM BRAHMA'S MOUTH,

AND HID THEM UNDER THE SEA,

WHEN YOU TOOK THE FORM OF FISH

STANZA 2

ONCE IN THE FOLDED HANDS

OF SATHYAVRATHA, THE DRAVDIAN KING,

WHO WAS DOING HIS RITUAL BATH,

ONCE YOU APPEARED, AS A BRIGHT LITTLE FISH

STANZA 3

WHEN HE SAW THE FISH QUIVERING, AS YOU THREW IT IN THE SEA,

HE PUT IT IN A POT, AND CARRIED IT HOME,

AND IN A FEW DAYS, IT FILLED THE POT,

THEN THE WELL, THEN THE POND, AND THEN THE LAKE, MY LORD

STANZA 4

THEN, BY YOUR ORDER, THE SAINTLY KING LED IT TO THE SEA,

AND WHEN THE KING WANTED TO SEE THE FLOOD, AND ASKED YOU,

TELLING "WAIT SEVEN DAYS"

YOU WENT INTO THE WIDE GREAT SEA

STANZA 5

WHEN THE TIME CAME, ON THE DAY YOU MENTIONED,

BEGAN A HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN, IN WHICH THE WORLD SUBMERGED,

AND HE AND THE SEVEN HEAVENLY SAINTS WERE TOSSED AROUND

AND CALLED ON YOU FOR HELP

STANZA 6

THEY GOT INTO WHAT WAS THE EARTH

WHICH HAD, AT YOUR REQUEST,

TAKEN THE FORM OF A BOAT,

AND THEN AGAIN YOU APPEARED UP FROM THE SEA

STANZA 7

GLAD TO SEE YOU, THE SAGES, AT YOUR REQUEST,

TIED THE BOAT TO THE HORN OF THE BOAT,

AND WHEN THE BOAT BEGAN VIOLENTLY SHAKING,

YOU CLIMBED ON TO IT

STANZA 8

PULLING THE BOAT,

POINTING OUT THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD TO THE SAINTS,

AND PRAYED TO BY MANU,

YOU WENT ALL OVER THE SUBMERGED SEA

STANZA 9

AT THE END OF FLOOD, YOU BID FAREWELL TO THE SAINTS,

AND TAKING KING SATHYAVRATHA,

LATER KNOWN AS VAIVASWATHA MANU,

TURNED TO ATTACK THE DEMON YAYAGREEVA

STANZA 10

YOU, IN FORM OF FISH,

PIERCED HIS BODY WITH HIS LONG HORN,

AND RESTORED THE VEDAS TO BRAHMA,

VERY DELIGHTED TO GET THEM BACK

MAY YOU RESTORE MY HEALTH TO ME, MY LORD