DASAKOM 28

STANZA 1

FIRST FROM THE SEA AROSE THE POISON, KAALAKOOTAM,

EMITTING FIRE, WITH SPARKS FLYING AWAY ALAROUND,

AND AT THE REQUEST OF DEVAS,

SHIVA DRANK IT HAPPILY TO PLEASE YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 2

THEN THE COW THAT PRODUCES

ALL THAT IS WISHED, TO MAHSRSHIS,

AND YOU GAVE TO INDRA

THE HORSE, ELEPHANT, THE KALPAKA TREE, WHICH CAME NEXT

STANZA 3

THEN AROSE FROM THE OCEAN OF MILK,

GODDESS LAKSHMI, SO HANDSOME

THAT ALL TURNED IN HER DIRECTION,

AND WANTED HER FOR THEMSELVES

STANZA 4

DEVENDRA SEATED THE GODDESS, WHO WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU, ON A GOLDEN THRONE,

WHILE THE OTHER DEVAS ADORNED HER

WITH GEMMED EARRINGS, BEAUTIFUL BANGLES, AND PRETTY NECKLACESSES

WHILE THE SAINTS POURED WATER BROUGHT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD CHANTING HYMNS OF PRAISE

STANZA 6

SHE SHYLY APPROACHED YOU,

HOLDING THE WEDDING GARLAND IN HER HANDS

SLOWED BY THE WEIGHT OF HER BREASTS,

THE ANKLET BELLS CLINKING SOFTLY

STANZA 7

DISMISSIG BRAHMA, SHIVA AND OTHER GODS

WHO, THOUGH HAVING MANY GOOD QUALITIES,

WERE NOT WITHOUT SOME SMALL FAULTS,

SHE PLACED THE WEDDING GARLAND ROUND YOUR NECK

STANZA 8

YOU HONOURED THE MOTHER OF ALL WORLDS,

BY DRAWING HER ONTO HIS CHEST,

AND SHE, SITTING ON YOUR LAP,

MADE ALL HAPPY WITH HER LOVING LOOKS

STANZA 9

THEN CAME UP THE GODDESS OH WINE,

INFATUATING ALL THREE WORLDS,

AND YOU, VERY RESPECTFULLY,

GAVE HER TO THE ASURA CHIEFS,

STANZA 10

THEN YOU, WHO, AS DHANVANTHIRI,

THE GOD OF MEDICINE,

HANDSOME LIKE A LOTUS PLANT,

CAME, HOLDING A POT OF NECTAR IN HIS HANDS,

CURE ME, MY KIND LORD