DASAKOM 71

 STANZA 1

 A CLOSE FRIEND OF KAMSA, CALLED KESHI, SKILLED IN ALL OF HIS ACTIVITIES,

 (DISGUISED AS A HORSE,

(SINDHUJA MEANS HORSE IN SANSKRIT)

 AS IF HE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD NOT HURT HIM BECAAUSE OF HIS NAME, SINDHUJA

(BOTH THE NAMES ARE DERIVED FROM SINDHU, MEANING SEA, AND JA, NOMINAL FORM OF VERB, JAA, TO BORN)

 STANZA 2

 THOUGH DISGUISED AS A GANDHARVA, KUBERA'S COURT SINGER,

 HE APPROCHED YOU, MAKING LOUD UNMUSICAL SOUNDS,

 BREAKING RANKS, TILL HE COULD SEE YOU,

 AND THEN JUMPED ON YOU,

 STANZA 3

 YOU KNOCKED HIM DOWN, A THAARKSHYA, WHEN HE KICKED THAARKSHYA AND THREW HIS FOOT ON YOUR CHEST,

 UNDER THE DELUSION THAT HE TOO COULD DO IT AS BHRIGU,

WHO, HE HAD HEARD, HAD DONE IT ONCE

 STANZA 4

 YOU AVOIDED HIS KICK, AND CATCHING HIM BY HIS FOOT,

 THREW HIM TO A GREAT DISTANCE,

AND AFTER HE FELL IN A FAINT, GOT UP ANGRILY, WITH GREATER VIGOUR

 STANZA 5

 YOU, DETERMINED TO CHASTISE HIM,

THRUST YOUR HAND INTO HIS MOUTH,

AND BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, HE WAS CHOKED TO DEATH,

WHEN YOU THREW THE DEAD BODY TO A GREAT DISTANCE

 STANZA 6

 AS IF BY KILLING THIS ANIMAL, YOU HAVE PERFORMED A NEW ASHWAMEDHA,

THE GODS WERE MIGHTY PLEASED, AND PRAISED YOU, BY NAMED YOU KESHAVA (KILLER OF KESHU, KESHU+VADH, AND ELISION OF THE SYLLABLE)

 SANZA 7

 AFTER KESHI'S DEATH, KAMSA CAME TO KNOW FROM NAARADA,

THAT YOU WERE VASDEVA'S SON, AND WAS STOPPED FROM KILLING HIM

 STANZA 8

 ANOTHER DAY, WHEN YOU WERE PLAYONG HIDE-AND-SEEK IN THE FOREST, A DEMON, CALLED VYOMA, ENEMY OF GODS, CAME THERE, WITH HIS MANY MAGIC TRICKS

 STANZA 9

 HE, WHEN PLAYING THIEF, CARRIED ON HIS BACK THE WINNING BOYS, AND HID THEM, ALONG WITH COWS IN CAVES, AND WHEN YOU KNEW, YOU DID AWAY WITH HIM

 STANZA 10

 THUS YOU GAVE UNLIMITED PLEASURE TO ALL THERE, WITH NEW AND NEW WONDERFUL ACTS OF YOURS

 SAVE ME, MY LORD, I PRAY