Narayaneeyam: Dashakam 64
நாராயணீயம் · த³ஶக 64
The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ஆலோக்ய ஶைலோத்³தர⁴ணாதிரூ³பம்ʼ ப்ரபா⁴வமுச்சைஸ்தவ கோ³பலோகா꞉।
விஶ்வேஶ்வரம்ʼ த்வாமபி⁴மத்ய விஶ்வே நந்த³ம்ʼ ப⁴வஜ்ஜாதகமந்வப்ருʼச்ச²ந்॥Alokya shailoddharanadirupam prabhavamuchchaistava gopalokah, vishveshvaram tvamabhimatya vishve nandam bhavajjatakamanvaprichchhan.
Seeing your great power in lifting the mountain and other deeds, all the cowherds took you to be the lord of the universe and asked Nanda about your birth.
கர்³கோ³தி³தோ நிர்க³தி³தோ நிஜாய வர்கா³ய தாதேந தவ ப்ரபா⁴வ꞉।
பூர்வாதி⁴கஸ்த்வய்யநுராக³ ஏஷாமைதி⁴ஷ்ட தாவத்³ப³ஹுமாநபார⁴꞉॥Gargodito nirgadito nijaya vargaya tatena tava prabhavah, purvadhikastvayyanuraga eshamaidhishta tavadbahumanabharah.
Your father told his people of your greatness, as foretold by the sage Garga. Their love for you, already great, grew even more, along with deep reverence.
ததோ(அ)வமாநோதி³ததத்த்வபோ³த⁴꞉ ஸுராதிரா⁴ஜ꞉ ஸஹ தி³வ்யக³வ்யா।
உபேத்ய துஷ்டாவ ஸ நஷ்டகர்³வ꞉ ஸ்ப்ருʼஷ்ட்வா பதா³ப்³ஜம்ʼ மணிமௌலிநா தே॥Tatovamanoditatattvabodhah suradhirajah saha divyagavya, upetya tushtava sa nashtagarvah sprishtva padabjam manimaulina te.
Then Indra, king of the gods, his pride broken and the truth dawning on him through his humiliation, came with the divine cow, touched your lotus feet with his jewelled crown, and praised you.
ஸ்நேஹஸ்நுதைஸ்த்வாம்ʼ ஸுரபி⁴꞉ பயோபிர்⁴கோ³விந்த³நாமாங்கிதமப்⁴யஷிஞ்சத்।
ஐராவதோபாஹ்ருʼததி³வ்யக³ங்கா³பாதோ²பிரி⁴ந்த்ரோ³(அ)பி ச ஜாதஹர்ஷ꞉॥Snehasnutaistvam surabhih payobhirgovindanamankitamabhyashinchat, airavatopahritadivyagangapathobhirindropi cha jataharshah.
Surabhi, the divine cow, bathed you in milk flowing with affection and named you Govinda; and Indra, overjoyed, bathed you with heavenly Ganga water brought by Airavata.
ஜக³த்த்ரயேஶே த்வயி கோ³குலேஶே ததா²(அ)பி⁴ஷிக்தே ஸதி கோ³பவாட꞉।
நாகே(அ)பி வைகுண்ட²பதே³(அ)ப்யலப்⁴யாம்ʼ ஶ்ரியம்ʼ ப்ரபேதே³ ப⁴வத꞉ ப்ரபா⁴வாத்॥Jagattrayeshe tvayi gokuleshe tathabhishikte sati gopavatah, nakepi vaikunthapadepyalabhyam shriyam prapede bhavatah prabhavat.
When you, lord of the three worlds and of Gokula, were consecrated in this way, the cowherd village gained, by your power, a glory not found even in heaven or Vaikuntha.
கதா³சித³ந்தர்யமுநம்ʼ ப்ரபா⁴தே ஸ்நாயந் பிதா வாருணபூருஷேண।
நீதஸ்தமாநேதுமகா³꞉ புரீம்ʼ த்வம்ʼ தாம்ʼ வாருணீம்ʼ காரணமர்த்யரூப꞉॥Kadachidantaryamunam prabhate snayan pita varunapurushena, nitastamanetumagah purim tvam tam varunim karanamartyarupah.
Once, as your father bathed in the Yamuna at dawn, he was carried off by a servant of Varuna. You, who took human form for a purpose, went to Varuna’s city to bring him back.
ஸஸம்ப்ர⁴மம்ʼ தேந ஜலாதி⁴பேந ப்ரபூஜிதஸ்த்வம்ʼ ப்ரதிக்ருʼ³ஹ்ய தாதம்।
உபாக³தஸ்தத்க்ஷணமாத்மகே³ஹம்ʼ பிதா(அ)வத³த் தச்சரிதம்ʼ நிஜேப்⁴ய꞉॥Sasambhramam tena jaladhipena prapujitastvam pratigrihya tatam, upagatastatkshanamatmageham pitavadat tachcharitam nijebhyah.
Worshipped with great awe by Varuna, lord of the waters, you took your father and returned home at once, and your father told his people all that had happened.
ஹரிம்ʼ விநிஶ்சித்ய ப⁴வந்தமேதாந் ப⁴வத்பதாலோ³கநப³த்³த⁴த்ருʼஷ்ணாந்।
நிரீக்ஷ்ய விஷ்ணோ பரமம்ʼ பத³ம்ʼ தத்³துரா³பமந்யைஸ்த்வமதீ³த்ருʼ³ஶஸ்தாந்॥Harim vinishchitya bhavantametan bhavatpadalokanabaddhatrishnan, nirikshya vishno paramam padam taddurapamanyaistvamadidrishastan.
Certain now that you were Hari, they longed to see your abode. Seeing this, O Vishnu, you showed them that supreme abode, so hard for others to reach.
ஸ்புர²த்பராநந்தர³ஸப்ரவாஹப்ரபூர்ணகைவல்யமஹாபயோதௌ⁴।
சிரம்ʼ நிமக்³நா꞉ கலு² கோ³பஸங்கா⁴ஸ்த்வயைவ பூ⁴மந் புநருத்³த்ருʼ⁴தாஸ்தே॥Sphuratparanandarasapravahaprapurnakaivalyamahapayodhau, chiram nimagnah khalu gopasanghastvayaiva bhuman punaruddhritaste.
The cowherds stayed long immersed in that great ocean of liberation, brimming with shining streams of supreme bliss; then you yourself, O infinite one, drew them out again.
கரப³தர³வதே³வம்ʼ தே³வ குத்ராவதாரே நிஜபத³மநவாப்யம்ʼ தர்³ஶிதம்ʼ ப⁴க்திபா⁴ஜாம்।
ததி³ஹ பஶுபரூபீ த்வம்ʼ ஹி ஸாக்ஷாத் பராத்மா பவநபுரநிவாஸிந் பாஹி மாமாமயேப்⁴ய꞉॥Karabadaravadevam deva kutravatare nijapadamanavapyam darshitam bhaktibhajam, tadiha pashuparupi tvam hi sakshat paratma pavanapuranivasin pahi mamamayebhyah.
In which other incarnation did you show your unreachable abode to devotees as plainly as a berry in the palm? So here, as a cowherd, you are clearly the Supreme Self. O dweller in Guruvayur, protect me from illness.