DASAKOM 31

STANZA 1

THE ASURA, SEEING YOUR BODY'S AURA,

WORSHIPPED YOU, AND WITH FOLDED HANDS,

ASKED, "WHAT DO YOU WANT, MONEY, LAND, OR THE WORLD?

WHATEVER YOU WANT, I WILL GIVE”

STANZA 2

HEARING HIS GENEROUS WORDS, EVEN THOUGH YOU ADMIRED HIM,

IN ORDER TO FREE HIM FROM HIS EXCESSIVE PROBLEM,

YOU FLATTERED THE ASURAS,

AND ASKED FOR LAND MEASURED BY THREE OF YOUR STEPS

WHO WILL NOT LAUGH, IF YOU SAY, "GIVE ME ALL"

STANZA 3

PROUDLY HE SAID,

"WHY ASK ONLY THREE STEPS FROM ME, THE LORD OF THE WHOLE WORLD?

YOU ARE CHILDISH I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING, IF YOU ASK”

FOR THIS BOASTING, HE HAD TO SUFFER

UNDESERVED CAPTIVITY AND BLAME

STANZA 4

AS YOU WERE SAYING,

"IF ONE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THREE STEPS, HE WON’T WITH ALL THE WORLDS”

WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO POUR WATER IN YOUR HAND FOR MAKING THE GIFT,

HIS PRECEPTOR SHUKRA, SURELY PROMPTED BY YOU TO TEST HIM,

STOPPED AND WARNED, " DONT GIVE, DONT GIVE, THIS IS VISHNU"

STANZA 5

DISMISSING SHUKRA'S CURSE, SAYING,

"IF GOD HIMSELF BEGS, I AM ONLY TOO HAPPY. I WILL DEFINITELY GIVE ",

WONDER, WONDER, HE GAVE ALL HIS POSSESSIONS TO YOU,

ALONG WITH WATER IN YOUR HAND,

AS HIS QUEEN, VINDHYAAVALI WASHED YOUR FEET

STANZA 6

WHEN THE KING OF ASURAS, WITHOUT HESITATION, PLACED ALL AT YOUR FEET

THE DEVAS AND SAGES SHOWERED FLOWERS,

AND THE SOUND OF YOUR PRAISES ROSE UP

TO THE END OF THE SHERICAL WORLD

STANZA 7

BRAHMA, WASHED WITH THE WATER IN HIS 'KINDI ' YOUR FOOT, WHEN IT REACHED HIS WORLD,

AND THE WATER FROM THAT SANCTIFIED THE WORLDS,

THE DEVAS JOYFULLY DANCED FOR A LONG TIME,

AND YOUR GREAT DEVOTEE, JAMBAVAAN, BEAT THE DRUM FOR THE SONG

STANZA 8

WHEN THE ASURAS, WHO STARTED WAR AGAINST DEVAS, WITHOUT THEIR KING'S ORDERS, AND MET WITH DEFEAT AT YOUR HAND,

THEY WERE STOPPED BY MAHAABALI, AND TOLD,

"IT IS TIME THAT STANDS BEFORE US

WE HAVE BEEN FIRST DEFEATED BY HIM, AND WHAT USE IS YOUR FIGHTING NOW?"

AND THUS TOLD, THEY WENT TO THE NETHERWORLD

STANZA 9

WHEN YOU LOUDLY SHOUTED, TO HIM BOUND TIGHT WITH ROPES, BY GARUDA,

SAYING, "COME, GIVE ME MY THIRD PORTION OF LAND,

HE STOOD UNFLINCHING, AND CALMLY SAID, "LAY YOUR FOOT ON MY HEAD,

WHEN PRAHLAADA HIMSELF CAME, AND PRAYED TO YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 10

YOU BLESSED HIM AND SAID, “I DID THIS ONLY TO ERADICATE YOUR PRIDE, ASURA,

YOU ARE A LIBERATED SOUL, YOU WILL DEFEAT INDRA, AND LATER OCCUPY INDRA'S PLACE”

AND LET THE PRIESTS COMPLETE THAT GREAT SACRIFICE,

PLEASE ERADICATE MY ILLNESSES, MY LORD