DASAKOM 16

STANZA 1

DAKSHA, BRAHMA'S SON, MARRIED MANU'S DAUGHTER, PRASOOTHI

AND HAD THIRTEEN DAUGHTERS,

OF WHOM HE GAVE IN MARRIAGE TEN TO DHARMA,

SWADHA TO ANCESTRAL SPIRITS, SWAAHA TO FIRE,

AND SATHI TO SHIVA,

WHO IS A PART INCARNATION OF YOURS

STANZA 2

MOORTHI, DHARMA'S DAUGHTER, GAVE BITTH TO YOU,

NAARAAYANA, AND YOUR TWIN BROTHER, NARA,

OF EXTRAORDINARY POWER AT WHOSE BIRTH,

DEVAS IN HEAVEN SHOWERED FLOWERS AND PRAISED YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 3

YOU TOGETHER FOUGHT THOUSAND TIMES WITH AN ASURA, CALLED SAHASRAKAVACHA,

WHO HAD A THOUSAND STEEL COATS OF ARMS THAT COULD BE PIERCED

ONLY AFTER ALTERNATIVELY PERFORMING EACH TIME,

BOTH YAAGA AND FIGHT, IN THAT ORDER,

AND THEN WHEN ONLY ONE COAT WAS LEFT,

YOU EASILY KILLED HIM, IN NO TIME

STANZA 4

YOU AND YOUR BROTHER STAYED IN BADARINATH,

TEACHING THE DUTIES OF MAN,

AND WAYS OF ATTAINING LIBERATION,

WHEN DEVENDRA, AFRAID OF LOSING HIS SUPREMACY,

SENT CUPID, ALONG WITH HEAVEN'S DANCING GIRLS

STANZA 5

CUPID, WITH SPRING AS FRIEND,

GIRLS'S GLANCES AS ARROWS, SHOT AT YOU SEVERAL TIMES,

AND WHEN HE FOUND THAT IT DID NOT MAKE A DENT ON YOU,

GOT AFRAID AND FLED HURRIEDLY

STANZA 6

YOU CALLED HIM BACK, AND SAID,

“DONT FEAR, CUPID, COME AND RECEIVE OUR HOSPITALITY",

AND SHOWED HIM YOUR PRETTY MAIDS,

WHEN HE WAS STUNNED, AND PRAISED YOU, MY LORD

STANZA 7

CUPID AND OTHERS WHO CAME TO DELUDE YOU,

WERE THEMSELVES DELUDED BY THE CHARMS OF THE MAIDS,

AND ACCEPTED URVASHI, WHOSE BEAUTY MADE THEM LOSE THEIR PRIDE

IN THEIR BEAUTIFULLY CHARMING GIRLS

STANZA 8

DEVENDRA, SEEING URVASHI, AND HEARING WHAT HAPPENED,

WAS VERY MUCH HUMBLED, THINKING OF YOUR SUPERIORITY

NO INCARNATION OF YOURS HAS BEEN GREATER THAN THIS,

EXCEPT THIS OF YOURS, MY LORD

STANZA 9

DAKKSHA, SON OF BRAHMA, WAS SPOILT BY HIS FATHER,

SO MUCH THAT HE DID NOT PAY ANY CARE TO YOUR WORSHIP,

AND ARROGANTLY INSULTED LORD SHIVA, PART INCARNATION OF YOURS,

AND HUMILIATED HIS OWN DAUGHTER, DURING THE YAAGA, TAINTED BY HIS HATRED

STANZA 10

WHEN SHIVA ANGRILY DESPOILED THE YAAGA,

AND CHOPPED OFF HIS HEAD,

AT THE DEVAS' PLEADINGS,

SHIVA REVIVED HIM, WHO PRAISED THE LORD HUMBLY

MY LORD, WHO IS SO KIND TO ALL DEVOTEES,

KINDLY SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS PLEASE

DASAKOM 17

STANZA 1

KING UTHHAANAPAADA, SON OF MANU, HAD TWO WIVES

OF WHOM SURUCHI WAS HIS

FAVOURITE WIFE,

AND THE OTHER, SUNEETHI, WHO WAS IGNORED,

FOUND REFUGE IN YOU ALONE, HAVING NO OTHER HELP

STANZA 2

ONCE WHEN SUNEETHI'S। SON, DHRUVA,

SEEING UTHHAMA, SURUCHI'S SON,

ON FATHER'S LAP, AND TRIED TO CLIMB,

SURUCHI SCOLDED THE BOY ANGRILY

STANZA 3

AS THE INFATUATED FATHER SAT SILENT,

REELING UNDER THIS REBUFF, THE POOR BOY

RAN TO HIS MOTHER, WHO TOLD HIM THAT ONLY YOU

ARE CAPABLE OF SAVING THE SUFFERING FROM FATE TO ESCAPE FROM ONE'S FATE

STANZA 4

THEN THE PROUD FIVE YEAR OLD BOY,

DETERMINED TO WORSHIP YOU,

LEAVING HOME WENT TO THE FOREST, AND ON THE WAY,

MET NAARADA, FROM WHOM HE LEARNT THE MANTHRA WAY OF WORSHIP,

AND WENT INSIDE A FOREST CALLED MADHUKAANANAM, TO DO PENANCE

STANZA 5

NAARADA, WHO HAD COME TO THE CITY,

VISITED DHRUVA'S FATHER, AND TOLD HIM EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS SON,

WHILE DHRUVA CONTINUED FOR FIVE YEARS THE PENANCE,

ITS SEVERITY GROWING HARDER AND HARDER EVERY MONTH

STANZA 6

WHEN THE WORLD FELT STIFLED BY HIS HARD PENEANCE,

YOU, REQUESTED BY DEVAS, APPEARED

SEATED ON GARUDA, IN FRONT OF HIM,

WHO WAS ABSORBED IN THE JOY OF MEDITATING ON YOUR FORM

STANZA 7

YOU CAME NEAR, AND LOVINGLY TOUCHED HIM WITH YOUR CONCH,

WHEN HE PRAISED YOU,

HIS EYES WELLING WITH WAVES OF JOY,

AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL FORM

STANZA 8

YOU, UNDERSTANDING HIS INTENT,

TOLD HIM, AS HE BOWED BEFORE YOU,

“AFTER YOU RULE YOUR SUBJECTS FOR A LONG TIME,

COME AND OCCUPY THE IMMORTAL PLACE THAT WOULD BE CALLED DHRUVA'S ABODE”

STANZA 9

HE, HEARING YOUR WORDS, WENT TO THE CITY, WELCOMED BY ALL PEOPLE,

AND WHEN HIS FATHER RETIRED TO THE FOREST,

RULED THE COUNTRY, HAPPY THAT HE HAD YOUR BLESSING, MY LORD

STANZA 10

WHEN UTHHAMA WAS KILLLED BY A YAKSHA,

HE, BENT ON FIGHTING WITH ALL YAKSHAS,

DESISTED, WHEN KUBERA INTERVENED,

AND FROM A PLEASED KUBERA,

ASKED ONLY CONTINUED DEVOTION TO YOU

 

 

 

 

 

DASAKOM 18

STANZA 1

THERE WAS A FAMOUS KING CALLED ANGA IN DHRUVA'S LINE,

WHO HAD A SON CALLED VENA, OF DUBIOUS CHARACTER,

WITH WHOM HIS FATHER WAS FED UP,

AND LEAVING EVERYTHING IN GOD'S HANDS, WENT TO THE FOREST

STANZA 2

THE CITIZENS APPOINTED HIM AS RULER, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS VERY UNSUITABLE,

SINCE A RULERLESS COUNTRY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER,

AND HE, BOASTFUL OF HIS SUPREMACY IN POWER,

BANNED YOUR YAAGAS IN THE COUNTRY THROUGHOUT

STANZA 3

WHEN SAGES HAD GONE TO GIVE GOOD ADVICE,

AND VENA DISPARAGING YOU, SAID,

"OTHER THAN ME, WHO IS THE RULER OF THE WORLD!

THEN THEY BURNT HIM TO ASHES

LIKE A BEE IN THE FIRE OF THEIR CURSE,

STANZA 4

THEY, ALARMED OF EVIL PEOPLE TAKING OVER THE LAND,

MASSAGED FOR A LONG TIME, HIS BODY KEPT ON HIS MOTHER'S LAP,

WHEN FROM HIS ARM, YOU ROSE AS PRITHU, THE GREAT,

AS ALL EVILS WERE SQUEEZED OUT FROM IT

STANZA 5

PRITHU, WHOSE FAME WAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

BY PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLERS, KNOWN AS SOOTHAS

WHO WERE WELL LEARNED UNDER THE WISE SAGES,

 AND WITH HIS BOW, LEVELLED THE GROUND, DUG UP BY VENA AND THE LIKE

STANZA 6

THEN FROM SURABHI, THE HEAVEN'S HOLY COW,

WITH ELDERS AND OTHERS, AS CALVES

YOU DREW IN MANY BEAUTIFUL POTS,

BROUGHT BY DEVAS AND OTHERS,

ALL THINGS WANTED, LIKE FOOD ETCETERA IN PROFUSION

STANZA 7

WHEN YOU WERE WORSHIPPING YOURSELF,

BY THE HUNDREDTH ASHWAMEDHAYAAGA,

DEVENDRA, WHO GREW JEALOUS,

STOLE THE HORSE, WEARING AN OUTCASTE'S DRESS,

AND WAS DEFEATED BY YOUR SONS

STANZA 8

WHEN DEVENDRA TRIED TO STEAL AGAIN,

AND THE PRIESTS WERE ABOUT TO DRAW HIM INTO THE FIRE,

BUT DESISTED WHEN BRAHMA INTERVENED,

YOU, LORD OF ALL THREE WORLDS, SHOWED YOURSELF AS MAHAAVISHNU HIMSELF

STANZA 9

YOU ACCEPTED ONLY DEVOTION, WHEN BRAHMA OFFERED BOONS,

AND THEN ONE DAY, WHILE ADVISING THE SAINTS,

MET SANAKA AND OTHER WANDERING FRIARS,

AND WENT TO THE FOREST, TOGETHER WITH THEM

STANZA 10

LEARNING EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING

FROM SANAKA AND OTHER SAINTS,

LAYING YOURSELF AT YOUR OWN FEET,

LIVED AS PRITHHU IN THE FOREST, MY LORD

 

DASAKOM 19

STANZA 1

PRACHETAS, SKILLED IIN ALL ARTS,

WERE BORN IN PRITHU'S LINE,

OF PRAACHEENABARHIS AND HIS WIFE, SHATHADRUTHI,

AS IF THEY WERE SPROUTS OF YOUR KINDNESS, MY LORD

STANZA 2

AT THE ORDER OF THEIR FATHER WHO WAS KEEN ON PROPAGATING THE FAMILY,

ALL TEN OF THEM, IN ORDER TO WORSHIP YOU, WENT TO THE WESTERN OCEAN, AND SAW A BEAUTIFUL LAKE ON ITS SHORE

STANZA 3

THEN LORD SHIVA, A GREAT DEVOTEE OF YOURS,

WHO HAD COME TO THAT HOLY PLACE,

SEEING THEM PRAYING TO YOU APPROACHED

AND TAUGHT THEM SONGS PRAISING YOU

STANZA 4

THEY, STANDING IN THE LAKE,

WORSHIPPED YOU FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,

SINGING THOSE HYMNS,

AND IN THEIR ENJOYMENT OF SINGING YOUR PRAISES,

DID NOT MIND THE TIME THAT PASSED,

SINCE THEY WERE NOT IN A HURRY, LIKE DHRUVA

STANZA 5

BY THEIR PENANCES OF INCREASING SEVERITY,

THEIR FATHER WAS CLEANSED

OF THE TAINTS OF SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER,

AND TAUGHT BY NAARADA, BECAME ONE WITH YOU

STANZA 6

BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE TO DEVOTEES,

YOU CAME TO THEM, SEATED ON GARUDA,

SPREADING ALL AROUND A FROM THE SUDARSHANACHAKRAM,

AND OTHER POWERFUL WEAPONS IN YOUR HANDS

STANZA 7

YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE OF DEVOTEES,

WITHOUT THEIR ASKING, GAVE THEM BOONS,

AND SAID, "MAY EVEN A THOUGHT OF YOU

MAKE ALL HAPPY, AND FULFIL ALL WISHES"

STANZA 8

YOU ADDED, "MARRY THE DAUGHTER OF THE LORD OF FORESTS,

AND LIVE HAPPILY FOR A HUNDREDTHOUSAND YEARS,

AND AFTER GETTING DAKSHA AS SON,

QUICKLY COME TO ME"

STANZA 9

THEN, AS THEY WENT ON MERCILESSLY CUTTING OFF THE FORESTS OVERRUNNING THE EARTH,

WHEN BRAHMA INTERVENED, AND IN DEFERENCE TO HIM, THEY DESISTED,

THE LORD OF FORESTS, THANKED THEM,

AND GAVE THEIR DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE TO THEM

STANZA 10

AFTER LIVING WITH HER HAPPILY, AND GETTING DAKSHA AS SON,

PERFORMING SEVERAL SACRIFICES, REACHED YOUR ABODE OF BLISS

MY LORD, WHO ACHIEVED ALL THIS,

SAVE ME FROM MY ILLNESS, PLEASE

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DASAKOM 20

STANZA 1

WHILE NAABHI, SON OF KING AAGNEEDHRA, PRIYAVRATHA'S SON,

IN THE MIDDLE OF A SACRIFICE,

PERFORMED AS PART OF YOUR WORSHIP,

SAW YOU, WHO GIVES TO DEVOTEES, ALL THEY WANT

STANZA 2

REQUESTED BY THE SAINTS TO GIVE THE KING A SON,

EQUAL TO HIM IN VALOUR, SO THAT THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE CONTIUED PROTECTION,

YOU SAID, "I WILL MYSELF BE BORN AS HIS SON"

AND DISAPPEARED IN THE FIRE

STANZA 3

FROM NAABHI AND HIS WIFE, MERUDEVI WAS BORN

RISHABHA, PART INCARNATION OF YOURS,

MAKING ALL HAPPY WITH

THE EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL BODY OF HIS

STANZA 4

LAYING THE BURDEN OF RULING HIS KINGDOM ON YOU,

WHO CARRIES THE BURDEN OF ALL THREE WORLDS,

WENT TO THE HERMITAGE, AND IN TIME,

ATTAINED THE BLISSFUL WORLD OF YOURS

STANZA 5

WHEN INDRA, RESENTING THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR LAND,

WITHHELD RAIN, YOU, BY YOUR SUPERHUMAN POWERS,

BROUGHT RAIN,

AND MADE HIS KINGDOM, AJANAABHAVARSHAM

A LAND OF GOOD RAIN (VARSHAM)

STANZA 6

YOU MARRIED JAYANTHI, GIVEN BY THE DEFEATED INDRA,

AND, THOUGH INTERESTED ONLY IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS,

ENJOYED LIFE WITH HER, AND A HUNDRED SONS,

OF THE ELDEST WAS BHARATHA

STANZA 7

OF THEM, NINE BECAME GREAT YOGIS,

NINE BECAME LORDS OF THE NINE CORNERS OF THE EARTH

AND NINETYNINE AND ONE BECAME BRAHMINS,

BY THE POWER OF THE PENANCES THEY DID

STANZA 8

AFTER TEACHING HIS SONS, IN THE MIDST OF SAGES,

THE WAY OF LIBERATION THROUGH DETACHMENT ACCOMPNIED BY DEVOTION,

HE HIMSELF BECAME PARAMAHAMSA, ONE BEYOND ATTACHMENTS,

AND LIVED AS A SEEMINGLY SENSELESS IDIOT, MADMAN AND DEVIL

STANZA 9

THOUGH WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS,

HE ROAMED THE LAND PREACHING PHILOSOPHY

RIDICULED BY ALL WHO HEARD,

AND WENT TO THE FOREST,

PERFORMED PENANCES, AND BECAME ONE WITH YOU

STANZA 10

AFTER LIVING LONG, AS A PYTHON, CROW, OR BEAST,

YOU BURNT YOURSELF TO DEATH,

IN A FOREST-FIRE OF THE MOUNTAINS OF COORG

MY LORD, REMOVE MY SUFFERINGS, PLEASE

 

DASAKOM 21

STANZA 1

I WORSHIP YOU AS ANANTHA,

IN THE MIDDLE CONTINENT, CALLED ILAAVRITHAM,

WHICH IS OCCUPIED ONLY BY SHREEPARVATHI AND HER WOMEN,

AND WHERE YOU ARE WORSHIPPED BY SHIVA

WITH HOLY HYMNS OF PRAISE

STANZA 2

IN THE CONTINENT, EAST OF IT, CALLED BHADRAASHWAM,

I WORSHIP YOU

l SURROUNDED BY SCHOLAR SAINTS, AS HAYAGREEVA,

WHO RESCUED THE VEDAS FROM THE SEA IN THE FORM OF A HORSE, ASHWA,

IN WHICH IT WAS HID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT FLOOD

STANZA 3

IN THE SOUTH, HARIVARSHAM,

I MEDITATE ON YOUR NARASIMHA FORM,

WORSHIPPED BY PRAHLAADA AND OTHERS,

AND WHO IS TALL AND FAIR

AND THE ESSENCE OF PURE KNOWLEDGE

STANZA 4

IN THE WEST, IIN THE ROMANTIC KETHUMALAM,

I WORSHIP YOU WHO, TO PLEASE LAKSHMI,

HAD TAKEN THE FORM OF KAAMADEVA,

WORSHIPPED BY HER AND BRAHMA'S SONS

STANZA 5

IN THE WEST, IN THE BEAUTIFUL RAMYAKOM,

I WORSHIP YOU IN THE FORM OF FISH,

PRESENT IN THE HEARTS OF THE PURE,

AND WORSHIPPED BY THE GREAT MANU

STANZA 6

STILL TO THE NORTH, IN HIRANMAYAM,

I WORSHIP YOU, AS A TORTOISE

THAT CARRIES THE MOUNTAIN ITS BACK, AND WHO IS SERVED

BY ARYAMAA, GOD OF THE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS

STANZA 7

AGAIN FURTHER NORTH, IN UTHHARAKURU,

I WORSHIP YOU, AS SACRIFICIAL PIG,

SO TALL THAT HIS BACK RUBS THE CLOUD,

AND WHO IS PRAISED BY YOUR WIFE, THE EARTH,

STANZA 8

IN THE SOUTH, IN THE KIMPURUSHA,

I WORSHIP YOU AS SHREERAAMA,

WHOSE HANDSOME BODY IS LOVED BY SEETHA VERY MUCH

AND WHO IS WORSHIPPED BY YOUR GREAT DEVOTEE, HANUMAN

STANZA 9

MAY YOU, AS NARRAYANA, ALONG WITH NARA,

WORSIPPED BY NAARADA AND OTHER DEVOTEES,

WITH HYMNS OF PRAISE FROM SAANKHYAYOGA,

AND WHO PROTECTS GOOD PEOPLE, PROTECT ME, MY LORD

STANZA 10

I WORSHIP YOU,

CALLED AS THE SUN IN PLAAKSHAM,

AS THE MOON IN SHAAKOM,

AS FIRE IN KUSHAM,

WATER IN SHALMALAM,

AS WIND IN SHAAKOM,

AND AS BRAHMAM IN PUSKARAM

STANZA 11

MAY YOU,

WHO SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED IN THE EVENINGS, AS A CROCODILE,

WITH STARS LIKE DHRUVA, AND THE PLANETS IN ITS BODY PART

PROTECT ME FROM ALL SUFFERINGS, MY LORD

STANZA 12

MAY YOU,

WHOM I WORSHIP AS ANANTHA, IN THE NETHERWORLD, (PAATHAALA),

SURROUNDED BY SERPENT GIRLS

AN EARRING SWINGING FROM ONE EAR,

AND WITH HUNDRED HEADS, AND WEARING PITCHBLACK CLOTHES,

CURE ME OF MY ILLNESSES, PLEASE

 

 

DASAKOM 22

STANZA 1

ONCE A PIOUS BRAHMIN CALLED AJAAMILA,

LOOKING AFTER HIS FAMILY AS HOUSEHOLDER,

WHILE HE WAS IN THE FOREST, COLLECTING WOOD AT HIS TEACHER'S REQUEST,

MET A SHAMELESSLY PLAYFUL PROMISCUOUS GIRL,

WITH WHOM HE FELL IN LOVE

STANZA 2

THOUGH NOT EASILY TEMPTED,

BECAUSE OF INFATUATION WITH HER,

LIVING HAPPILY WITH HER, AS AN OUTCASTE,

HAD A SON

WITH A SIMILAR NAME AS YOURS

STANZA 3

WHEN HE SAW,

WHILE ON HIS DEATHBED,

THREE FEROCIOUS-LOOKING SOLDIERS OF YAMA, THE GOD OF DEATH,

HE CALLED ON HIS SON FOR HELP

STANZA 4

WHEN HE UTTERED, THOUGH NOT DELIBERATELY,

THE NAME NAARAAYANA,

 IT BROUGHT, BY ITS SAVING POWER,

YOUR SOLDIERS, HANDSOME, WITH WEAPONS IN THEIR FOUR ARMS

STANZA 5

SEEING THEM DRAGGING HIM

WITH A ROPE TIED ON HIM,

THEY STOPPED SAYING, “LEAVE HIM ",

WHEN THEY GAVE A LIST OF HIS SINS

STANZA 6

YOUR SERVANTS THEN SAID,

“WHY PUNIISH ONE WHO HAS GIVEN COMPENSATION?

DONT YOU KNOW WHAT

THAT IS, YOU WISE MEN?

STANZA 7

THEY ADDED “ALL RITUALS PRESCRIBED BY SCRIPTURES AND CONVENTION,

MAY CLEANSE ONE OF SINS,

BUT WILL NOT CHANGE NATURAL IMPULSES

WHILE DEVOTION TO YOU REMOVES THEM BOTH”

STANZA 8

FURTHER THEY SAID,

"HE HAS DONE PENANCE FOR ALL HIS SINS,

HAS HE NOT UTTERED GOD VISHNU'S NAME,

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY IN FEAR?

STANZA 9

THEY SAID," RECITAL OF GOD'S NAME REMOVES ALL SINS,

NOT NATURAL IMPULSES, BUT GOD'S NAME,

EVEN IF UNKNOWINGLY UTTERED,

PULLS OUT BOTH FROM THE VERY ROOTS, AT ONCE"

STANZA 10

AFTER YAMA'S SOLDIERS, TIPPED OFF, WENT AWAY,

AND YOUR SOLDIERS TOO DISAPPEARED,

HE LIVED FOR SOME TIME, AS YOUR DEVOTEE

AND WHEN TIME CAME, BECAME ONE WITH YOU

STANZA 11

YAMA, WHEN INFORMED BY HIS SOLDIERS,

BECAME ANXIOUS, AND TOLD THEM,

TO AVOID YOUR DEVOTEES

PLEASE SAVE ME FROM ILLNESSES, I PRAY