Narayaneeyam: Dashakam 52

நாராயணீயம் · த³ஶக 52

The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.

Stotras · Sanskrit · Krishna · by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri

அந்யாவதாரநிகரேஷ்வநிரீக்ஷிதம்ʼ தே பூ⁴மாதிரேகமபி⁴வீக்ஷ்ய ததா³க⁴மோக்ஷே।
ப்ர³ஹ்மா பரீக்ஷிதுமநா꞉ ஸ பரோக்ஷபா⁴வம்ʼ நிந்யே(அ)த² வத்ஸகக³ணாந் ப்ரவிதத்ய மாயாம்॥
Anyavataranikareshvanirikshitam te bhumatirekamabhivikshya tadaghamokshe, brahma parikshitumanah sa parokshabhavam ninyetha vatsakaganan pravitatya mayam.
Having seen at Agha’s liberation a greatness of yours never shown in your other incarnations, Brahma wanted to test you; spreading his illusion, he spirited the calves away.
வத்ஸாநவீக்ஷ்ய விவஶே பஶுபோத்கரே தாநாநேதுகாம இவ தா⁴த்ருʼமதாநுவர்தீ।
த்வம்ʼ ஸாமிபு⁴க்தகபலோ³ க³தவாம்ʼஸ்ததா³நீம்ʼ பு⁴க்தாம்ʼஸ்திரோ(அ)தி⁴த ஸரோஜப⁴வ꞉ குமாராந்॥
Vatsanavikshya vivashe pashupotkare tananetukama iva dhatrimatanuvarti, tvam samibhuktakabalo gatavamstadanim bhuktamstirodhita sarojabhavah kumaran.
When the cowherd boys could not find the calves and grew upset, you went off with a half-eaten mouthful as if to fetch them, going along with Brahma’s plan; then the lotus-born hid the boys at their meal too.
வத்ஸாயிதஸ்தத³நு கோ³பக³ணாயிதஸ்த்வம்ʼ ஶிக்யாதி³பா⁴ண்ட³முரலீக³வலாதிரூ³ப꞉।
ப்ராக்³வத்³விஹ்ருʼத்ய விபிநேஷு சிராய ஸாயம்ʼ த்வம்ʼ மாயயா(அ)த² ப³ஹுதா⁴ வ்ரஜமாயயாத²॥
Vatsayitastadanu gopaganayitastvam shikyadibhandamuraligavaladirupah, pragvadvihritya vipineshu chiraya sayam tvam mayayatha bahudha vrajamayayatha.
Then you became the calves and the cowherd boys, even their slings, pots, flutes and horns. You played in the woods as before for a long while, and in the evening, through your power, returned to Vraja in many forms.
த்வாமேவ ஶிக்யக³வலாதி³மயம்ʼ த³தா⁴நோ பூ⁴யஸ்த்வமேவ பஶுவத்ஸகபாலரூ³ப꞉।
கோரூ³பிணீபிர⁴பி கோ³பவதூ⁴மயீபிரா⁴ஸாதி³தோ(அ)ஸி ஜநநீபிர⁴திப்ரஹர்ஷாத்॥
Tvameva shikyagavaladimayam dadhano bhuyastvameva pashuvatsakabalarupah, gorupinibhirapi gopavadhumayibhirasaditosi jananibhiratipraharshat.
Yourself the slings and horns, yourself the calves and boys, you were welcomed with great joy by the mothers, both cows and gopis.
ஜீவம்ʼ ஹி கஞ்சித³பி⁴மாநவஶாத் ஸ்வகீயம்ʼ மத்வா தநூஜ இதி ராக³பர⁴ம்ʼ வஹந்த்ய꞉।
ஆத்மாநமேவ து ப⁴வந்தமவாப்ய ஸூநும்ʼ ப்ரீதிம்ʼ யயுர்ந கியதீம்ʼ வநிதாஶ்ச கா³வ꞉॥
Jivam hi kanchidabhimanavashat svakiyam matva tanuja iti ragabharam vahantyah, atmanameva tu bhavantamavapya sunum pritim yayurna kiyatim vanitashcha gavah.
They had loved some soul as their child out of a sense of “mine”; but now, having you, the Self of all, as their son, how boundless was the love of the women and the cows!
ஏவம்ʼ ப்ரதிக்ஷணவிஜ்ருʼம்பி⁴தஹர்ஷபார⁴நிஶ்ஶேஷகோ³பக³ணலாலிதபூரி⁴மூர்திம்।
த்வாமக்ர³ஜோ(அ)பி பு³பு³தே⁴ கில வத்ஸராந்தே ப்ர³ஹ்மாத்மநோரபி மஹாந் யுவயோர்விஶேஷ꞉॥
Evam pratikshanavijrimbhitaharshabharanishsheshagopaganalalitabhurimurtim, tvamagrajopi bubudhe kila vatsarante brahmatmanorapi mahan yuvayorvisheshah.
Even your elder brother realised only at the year’s end that these many forms, cherished by all the cowherds in ever-growing joy, were you. So great is the difference even between the two of you.
வர்ஷாவதௌ⁴ நவபுராதநவத்ஸபாலாந் த்ருʼ³ஷ்ட்வா விவேகமஸ்ருʼணே த்ரு³ஹிணே விமூடே⁴।
ப்ராதீ³த்ருʼ³ஶ꞉ ப்ரதிநவாந் மகுடாங்க³தா³தி³பூ⁴ஷாம்ʼஶ்சதுர்பு⁴ஜயுஜ꞉ ஸஜலாம்பு³தா³பா⁴ந்॥
Varshavadhau navapuratanavatsapalan drishtva vivekamasrine druhine vimudhe, pradidrishah pratinavan makutangadadibhushamshchaturbhujayujah sajalambudabhan.
At the end of the year Brahma saw both the new and the old calves and boys and was baffled, unable to tell them apart. Then you showed him every one of them four-armed, wearing crowns and armlets, dark as rain clouds.
ப்ரத்யேகமேவ கமலாபரிலாலிதாங்கா³ந் போ⁴கீ³ந்த்ர³போ⁴க³ஶயநாந் நயநாபிரா⁴மாந்।
லீலாநிமீலிதத்ருʼ³ஶ꞉ ஸநகாதி³யோகி³வ்யாஸேவிதாந் கமலபூர்⁴ப⁴வதோ த³தர்³ஶ॥
Pratyekameva kamalaparilalitangan bhogindrabhogashayanan nayanabhiraman, lilanimilitadrishah sanakadiyogivyasevitan kamalabhurbhavato dadarsha.
Brahma saw each one as you: their limbs caressed by Lakshmi, resting on the serpent king, a joy to the eyes, eyes playfully half-closed, served by Sanaka and other yogis.
நாராயணாக்ருʼதிமஸங்க்²யதமாம்ʼ நிரீக்ஷ்ய ஸர்வத்ர ஸேவகமபி ஸ்வமவேக்ஷ்ய தா⁴தா।
மாயாநிமக்³நஹ்ருʼத³யோ விமுமோஹ யாவதே³கோ ப³பூ⁴வித² ததா³ கபலார்³த⁴பாணி꞉॥
Narayanakritimasankhyatamam nirikshya sarvatra sevakamapi svamavekshya dhata, mayanimagnahridayo vimumoha yavadeko babhuvitha tada kabalardhapanih.
Seeing countless forms of Narayana, and himself everywhere as their servant, the creator was overwhelmed, his heart sunk in illusion; then you became one again, a half-eaten mouthful in your hand.
நஶ்யந் மதே³ தத³நு விஶ்வபதிம்ʼ முஹுஸ்த்வாம்ʼ நத்வா ச நூதவதி தா⁴தரி தா⁴ம யாதே।
போதை꞉ ஸமம்ʼ ப்ரமுதி³தை꞉ ப்ரவிஶந் நிகேதம்ʼ வாதாலயாதி⁴ப விபோ⁴ பரிபாஹி ரோகா³த்॥
Nashyan made tadanu vishvapatim muhustvam natva cha nutavati dhatari dhama yate, potaih samam pramuditaih pravishan niketam vatalayadhipa vibho paripahi rogat.
His pride gone, Brahma bowed to you, lord of the universe, again and again, praised you, and went to his abode. Returning home with the happy boys, Lord of Guruvayur, protect me from illness.