Narayaneeyam: Dashakam 20
ನಾರಾಯಣೀಯಮ್ · ದಶಕ 20
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ಪ್ರಿಯವ್ರತಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಿಯಪುತ್ರಭೂತಾದಾಗ್ನೀಧ್ರರಾಜಾದುದಿತೋ ಹಿ ನಾಭಿಃ।
ತ್ವಾಂ ದೃಷ್ಟವಾನಿಷ್ಟದಮಿಷ್ಟಿಮಧ್ಯೇ ತವೈವ ತುಷ್ಟ್ಯೈ ಕೃತಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮಾ॥Priyavratasya priyaputrabhutadagnidhrarajadudito hi nabhih, tvam drishtavanishtadamishtimadhye tavaiva tushtyai kritayajnakarma.
King Nabhi, born of Agnidhra, the dear son of Priyavrata, performed a sacrifice to please you, and in its midst saw you, the giver of all wishes.
ಅಭಿಷ್ಟುತಸ್ತತ್ರ ಮುನೀಶ್ವರೈಸ್ತ್ವಂ ರಾಜ್ಞಾ ಸ್ವತುಲ್ಯಂ ಸುತಮರ್ಥ್ಯಮಾನಃ।
ಸ್ವಯಂ ಜನಿಷ್ಯೇಽಹಮಿತಿ ಬ್ರುವಾಣಸ್ತಿರೋದಧಾ ಬರ್ಹಿಷಿ ವಿಶ್ವಮೂರ್ತೇ॥Abhishtutastatra munishvaraistvam rajna svatulyam sutamarthyamanah, svayam janishyehamiti bruvanastirodadha barhishi vishvamurte.
Praised there by the great sages and asked by the king for a son equal to you, you said, “I myself will be born,” and vanished from the sacred grass, O Lord whose form is the universe.
ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಿಯಾಯಾಮಥ ಮೇರುದೇವ್ಯಾಂ ತ್ವಮಂಶತೋಽಭೂರೃಷಭಾಭಿಧಾನಃ।
ಅಲೋಕಸಾಮಾನ್ಯಗುಣಪ್ರಭಾವಪ್ರಭಾವಿತಾಶೇಷಜನಪ್ರಮೋದಃ॥Nabhipriyayamatha merudevyam tvamamshatobhurrishabhabhidhanah, alokasamanyagunaprabhavaprabhavitasheshajanapramodah.
Then, through a part of yourself, you were born to Merudevi, Nabhi’s beloved, as Rishabha, delighting all people with the power of virtues not seen in the world.
ತ್ವಯಿ ತ್ರಿಲೋಕೀಭೃತಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಭಾರಂ ನಿಧಾಯ ನಾಭಿಃ ಸಹ ಮೇರುದೇವ್ಯಾ।
ತಪೋವನಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಭವನ್ನಿಷೇವೀ ಗತಃ ಕಿಲಾನನ್ದಪದಂ ಪದಂ ತೇ॥Tvayi trilokibhriti rajyabharam nidhaya nabhih saha merudevya, tapovanam prapya bhavannishevi gatah kilanandapadam padam te.
Placing the burden of the kingdom on you, who uphold the three worlds, Nabhi went with Merudevi to the forest of penance, worshipped you, and reached your blissful abode.
ಇನ್ದ್ರಸ್ತ್ವದುತ್ಕರ್ಷಕೃತಾದಮರ್ಷಾದ್ವವರ್ಷ ನಾಸ್ಮಿನ್ನಜನಾಭವರ್ಷೇ।
ಯದಾ ತದಾ ತ್ವಂ ನಿಜಯೋಗಶಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಸ್ವವರ್ಷಮೇನದ್ವ್ಯದಧಾಃ ಸುವರ್ಷಮ್॥Indrastvadutkarshakritadamarshadvavarsha nasminnajanabhavarshe, yada tada tvam nijayogashaktya svavarshamenadvyadadhah suvarsham.
When Indra, jealous of your greatness, sent no rain to this land of Ajanabha, you by your own yogic power made your land rich with rain.
ಜಿತೇನ್ದ್ರದತ್ತಾಂ ಕಮನೀಂ ಜಯನ್ತೀಮಥೋದ್ವಹನ್ನಾತ್ಮರತಾಶಯೋಽಪಿ।
ಅಜೀಜನಸ್ತತ್ರ ಶತಂ ತನೂಜಾನೇಷಾಂ ಕ್ಷಿತೀಶೋ ಭರತೋಽಗ್ರಜನ್ಮಾ॥Jitendradattam kamanim jayantimathodvahannatmaratashayopi, ajijanastatra shatam tanujanesham kshitisho bharatograjanma.
Though your heart delighted only in the Self, you married lovely Jayanti, given by the defeated Indra, and had a hundred sons, the eldest of whom was King Bharata.
ನವಾಭವನ್ಯೋಗಿವರಾ ನವಾನ್ಯೇ ತ್ವಪಾಲಯನ್ಭಾರತವರ್ಷಖಣ್ಡಾನ್।
ಸೈಕಾ ತ್ವಶೀತಿಸ್ತವ ಶೇಷಪುತ್ರಾಸ್ತಪೋಬಲಾದ್ಭೂಸುರಭೂಯಮೀಯುಃ॥Navabhavanyogivara navanye tvapalayanbharatavarshakhandan, saika tvashitistava sheshaputrastapobaladbhusurabhuyamiyuh.
Nine became great yogis, nine others ruled regions of Bharatavarsha, and your remaining eighty-one sons became brahmins by the strength of their penance.
ಉಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸುತೇಭ್ಯೋಽಥ ಮುನೀನ್ದ್ರಮಧ್ಯೇ ವಿರಕ್ತಿಭಕ್ತ್ಯನ್ವಿತಮುಕ್ತಿಮಾರ್ಗಮ್।
ಸ್ವಯಂ ಗತಃ ಪಾರಮಹಂಸ್ಯವೃತ್ತಿಮಧಾ ಜಡೋನ್ಮತ್ತಪಿಶಾಚಚರ್ಯಾಮ್॥Uktva sutebhyotha munindramadhye viraktibhaktyanvitamuktimargam, svayam gatah paramahamsyavrittimadha jadonmattapishachacharyam.
Then, among the great sages, you taught your sons the path to liberation through detachment and devotion, and yourself took up the life of a paramahamsa, living as if dull, mad or possessed.
ಪರಾತ್ಮಭೂತೋಽಪಿ ಪರೋಪದೇಶಂ ಕುರ್ವನ್ಭವಾನ್ಸರ್ವನಿರಸ್ಯಮಾನಃ।
ವಿಕಾರಹೀನೋ ವಿಚಚಾರ ಕೃತ್ಸ್ನಾಂ ಮಹೀಮಹೀನಾತ್ಮರಸಾಭಿಲೀನಃ॥Paratmabhutopi paropadesham kurvanbhavansarvanirasyamanah, vikarahino vichachara kritsnam mahimahinatmarasabhilinah.
Though you are the Supreme Self, you went on teaching others while everyone drove you away; untouched by it all, absorbed in the boundless joy of the Self, you wandered the whole earth.
ಶಯುವ್ರತಂ ಗೋಮೃಗಕಾಕಚರ್ಯಾಂ ಚಿರಂ ಚರನ್ನಾಪ್ಯ ಪರಂ ಸ್ವರೂಪಮ್।
ದವಾಹೃತಾಙ್ಗಃ ಕುಟಕಾಚಲೇ ತ್ವಂ ತಾಪಾನ್ಮಮಾಪಾಕುರು ವಾತನಾಥ॥Shayuvratam gomrigakakacharyam chiram charannapya param svarupam, davahritangah kutakachale tvam tapanmamapakuru vatanatha.
Long practising the vow of lying still and living like a cow, a deer or a crow, you reached your supreme form, and your body was consumed by a forest fire on Kutaka mountain. Lord of Guruvayur, take away my sufferings.