DASAKOM 55

 STANZA 1

 THEN QUICKLY YOU GOT UP A TALL NEEMTREE,

 DRIED UP BY THE POISONOUS FUMES

 RISING FROM THE WATERS OF THE RIVER,

 DETERMINED TO END THIS MENACE FOR EVER

 STANZA 2

 AFTER CLIMBING THE TREE ON YOUR PRETTY FEET

 PINK LIKE THE TENDER LEAVES OF PLANTS,

 YOU JUMPED INTO THE SWIRLING WATERS

 OF THE FAST FLOWING RIVER YAMUNA

 STANZA 3

 THE RIVER ROSE TO A GREAT HEIGHT,

 WITH EARSPLITTING LOUD WAVES

 DUE TO THE WEIGHT YOUR BODY,

 WHICH CARRIES THE WEIGHT OF THE THREE WORLDS

 STANZA 4

 THEN KALIYAN, THE CHIEFTAIN OF SNAKES,

 SWAM IN UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE TOWARDS YOU,

 DISTURBED BY THE LOUD WATE DUE TO WINDS

 BLOWING FROM ALL THE QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

 STANZA 5

 BREATHING SPARKS OF BURNING FIRE

 AND EMITTING DROPLETS OF POISON FROM THE MOUTH,

 THE TERRWIBLE SNAKE CAME INTO YOUR VIEW,

 LIKE AN EYEBLACK COLOURED HILL

 STANZA 6

 THE GREAT SERPENT FULL OF POISON AND BURNING EYES,

 AND FULL OF POISONED WATER,

 BIT AND WOUND ROUND YOU

 OF UNLIMITED STRENGTH AND UNFATHOMABLE ACTIONS,

 STANZA 7

 WHEN THOSE ON THE RIVER WERE UPSET

 WHEN THEY COULD NOT SEE YOU

 OTHERS AT HOME TOO CAME,

 SEEING BAD OMENS EVERYWHERE

 STANZA 8

 WHILE NOT SEEING YOU, THE GOPAS

 PREPARED TO GIIVE UP THEIR LIFE,

 WOMEN CAME RUSHING FROM HOME,

 SEEING BAD OMENS ALL AROUND

 STANZA 9

 YOU, YOUR BRIGHT HANDSOME FACE GLOWING

 CLIMBED ON TO THE HEAD

 OF THE SERPENT KING,

 AND DANCED ON YOUR FEET, TINKLING SOFTLY LOUD

 STANZA 10

 GOPAS AND SAGES WERE VERY MUCH PLEASED,

 WHILE DEVAS SHOWERED

 FLOWERS ON YOUR HEAD

 SAVE ME FROM MY SEVERE PAIN, I PRAY