Narayaneeyam: Dashakam 20
நாராயணீயம் · த³ஶக 20
The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ப்ரியவ்ரதஸ்ய ப்ரியபுத்ரபூ⁴தாதா³க்³நீத்ரரா⁴ஜாது³தி³தோ ஹி நாபி⁴꞉।
த்வாம்ʼ த்ருʼ³ஷ்டவாநிஷ்டத³மிஷ்டிமத்⁴யே தவைவ துஷ்ட்யை க்ருʼதயஜ்ஞகர்மா॥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.
அபி⁴ஷ்டுதஸ்தத்ர முநீஶ்வரைஸ்த்வம்ʼ ராஜ்ஞா ஸ்வதுல்யம்ʼ ஸுதமர்த்²யமாந꞉।
ஸ்வயம்ʼ ஜநிஷ்யே(அ)ஹமிதி ப்ரு³வாணஸ்திரோத³தா⁴ பர்³ஹிஷி விஶ்வமூர்தே॥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.
நாபி⁴ப்ரியாயாமத² மேருதே³வ்யாம்ʼ த்வமம்ʼஶதோ(அ)பூர்ருʼ⁴ஷபா⁴பி⁴தா⁴ந꞉।
அலோகஸாமாந்யகு³ணப்ரபா⁴வப்ரபா⁴விதாஶேஷஜநப்ரமோத³꞉॥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.
த்வயி த்ரிலோகீப்ருʼ⁴தி ராஜ்யபார⁴ம்ʼ நிதா⁴ய நாபி⁴꞉ ஸஹ மேருதே³வ்யா।
தபோவநம்ʼ ப்ராப்ய ப⁴வந்நிஷேவீ க³த꞉ கிலாநந்த³பத³ம்ʼ பத³ம்ʼ தே॥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.
இந்த்ர³ஸ்த்வது³த்கர்ஷக்ருʼதாத³மர்ஷாத்³வவர்ஷ நாஸ்மிந்நஜநாப⁴வர்ஷே।
யதா³ ததா³ த்வம்ʼ நிஜயோக³ஶக்த்யா ஸ்வவர்ஷமேநத்³வ்யத³தா⁴꞉ ஸுவர்ஷம்॥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.
ஜிதேந்த்ர³த³த்தாம்ʼ கமநீம்ʼ ஜயந்தீமதோ²த்³வஹந்நாத்மரதாஶயோ(அ)பி।
அஜீஜநஸ்தத்ர ஶதம்ʼ தநூஜாநேஷாம்ʼ க்ஷிதீஶோ பர⁴தோ(அ)க்ர³ஜந்மா॥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.
நவாப⁴வந்யோகி³வரா நவாந்யே த்வபாலயந்பார⁴தவர்ஷக²ண்டா³ந்।
ஸைகா த்வஶீதிஸ்தவ ஶேஷபுத்ராஸ்தபோபலா³த்³பூ⁴ஸுரபூ⁴யமீயு꞉॥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.
உக்த்வா ஸுதேப்⁴யோ(அ)த² முநீந்த்ர³மத்⁴யே விரக்திப⁴க்த்யந்விதமுக்திமார்க³ம்।
ஸ்வயம்ʼ க³த꞉ பாரமஹம்ʼஸ்யவ்ருʼத்திமதா⁴ ஜடோ³ந்மத்தபிஶாசசர்யாம்॥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.
பராத்மபூ⁴தோ(அ)பி பரோபதே³ஶம்ʼ குர்வந்ப⁴வாந்ஸர்வநிரஸ்யமாந꞉।
விகாரஹீநோ விசசார க்ருʼத்ஸ்நாம்ʼ மஹீமஹீநாத்மரஸாபிலீ⁴ந꞉॥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.
ஶயுவ்ரதம்ʼ கோ³ம்ருʼக³காகசர்யாம்ʼ சிரம்ʼ சரந்நாப்ய பரம்ʼ ஸ்வரூபம்।
த³வாஹ்ருʼதாங்க³꞉ குடகாசலே த்வம்ʼ தாபாந்மமாபாகுரு வாதநாத²॥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.