DASAKOM 56

 STANZA 1

 FOR A LONG TIME, MY LORD,

 YOU DANCED ON THE SERPENT'S HEAD,

 WHILE THE DEVA YOUTHS

 BEAT THE DRUM, AND SANG IN THE SKY

 STANZA 2

 LEAVING WHICHEVER HEAD HE BENT,

 PRESSING THAT WITH YOUR SOFT LOTUS FEET,

 YOU PLAYED, MERRILY CLAPPING

 YOUR HANDSOME HANDS IN UNISON, MY LORD

 STANZA 3

 WHEN HIS HEADS BEGAN

 BLEEDING PROFUSIVELY,

 AND THE SERPENT KING FAINTED,

 HIS WIVES BOWED BEFORE YOU

 STANZA 4

 THEY WHO HAD HEARD OF YOUR GREATNESS FOR A LONG TIME,

 AND HAD WISHED LONG TO SEE YOU,

 PRAISED YOU WITH HYMNS,

 BEYOND THE REACH OF SAINTS, MY LORD

 STANZA 5

 YOUR HEART MELTED

 ON SEEING THEIR DEVOTION,

 AND YOU REVIVED THEIR HUSBAND,

 WHO BOWED DOWN AT YOUR FEET HUMBLY

 STANZA 6

 THE SERPENT ACCEPTED HUMBLY YOUR WORDS,

 "GO TO RAMANAKOM,

 GARUDA WILL NOT HARM YOU THERE ",

 AND LEFT WITH HIS WIVES TO THAT PLACE

 STANZA 7

 ADORNED WITH THE GEMS, GARLANDS AND SILK CLOTHES GIVEN BY THE SERPENT GIRLS,

 YOU JOINED ON THE RIVER BANK THE WOMEN OF VRINDAVAN,

 SHEDDING TEARS OF JOY AT SEEING YOU SAFE,

 AND AT CLOSE OF DAY, RETURNED HOME, WITH FRIENDS

 STANZA 8

 WHEN ALL WERE UNABLE TO GO HOME, BECAUSE OF DARKNESS,

 AND SLEPT SOUNDLY, RELYING ON YOU

 TO PROTECT THEM AT NIGHT,

 A WILD FOREST FIRE SURROUNDED THEM

STANZA 9