Narayaneeyam: Dashakam 87

நாராயணீயம் · த³ஶக 87

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

குசேலநாமா ப⁴வத꞉ ஸதீர்த்²யதாம்ʼ க³த꞉ ஸ ஸாந்தீ³பநிமந்திரே³ த்³விஜ꞉।
த்வதே³கராகே³ண த⁴நாதி³நி꞉ஸ்ப்ருʼஹோ தி³நாநி நிந்யே ப்ரஶமீ க்ருʼ³ஹாஶ்ரமீ॥
Kuchelanama bhavatah satirthyatam gatah sa sandipanimandire dvijah, tvadekaragena dhanadinihspriho dinani ninye prashami grihashrami.
The Brahmin named Kuchela, who had been your fellow student at Sandipani’s school, loving you alone and caring nothing for wealth, spent his days as a calm, contented householder.
ஸமாநஶீலா(அ)பி ததீ³யவல்லபா⁴ ததை²வ நோ சித்தஜயம்ʼ ஸமேயுஷீ।
கதா³சிதூ³சே ப³த வ்ருʼத்திலப்³த⁴யே ரமாபதி꞉ கிம்ʼ ந ஸகா² நிஷேவ்யதே॥
Samanashilapi tadiyavallabha tathaiva no chittajayam sameyushi, kadachiduche bata vrittilabdhaye ramapatih kim na sakha nishevyate.
His wife, though of a similar nature, had not mastered her mind as he had. One day she said, “Alas, to earn a living, why not go to your friend, the lord of Lakshmi?”
இதீரிதோ(அ)யம்ʼ ப்ரியயா க்ஷுதார்⁴தயா ஜுகு³ப்ஸமாநோ(அ)பி த⁴நே மதா³வஹே।
ததா³ த்வதாலோ³கநகௌதுகாத்³யயௌ வஹந்படாந்தே ப்ருʼது²காநுபாயநம்॥
Itiritoyam priyaya kshudhartaya jugupsamanopi dhane madavahe, tada tvadalokanakautukadyayau vahanpatante prithukanupayanam.
Urged this way by his hungry wife, though he disliked wealth because it breeds pride, he set out, eager just to see you, carrying a gift of flattened rice tied in the corner of his cloth.
க³தோ(அ)யமாஶ்சர்யமயீம்ʼ ப⁴வத்புரீம்ʼ க்ருʼ³ஹேஷு ஶைப்³யாப⁴வநம்ʼ ஸமேயிவாந்।
ப்ரவிஶ்ய வைகுண்ட²மிவாப நிர்வ்ருʼதிம்ʼ தவாதிஸம்பா⁴வநயா து கிம்ʼ புந꞉॥
Gatoyamashcharyamayim bhavatpurim griheshu shaibyabhavanam sameyivan, pravishya vaikunthamivapa nirvritim tavatisambhavanaya tu kim punah.
He reached your wondrous city and, among its mansions, came to the palace of your queen. Entering it, he felt the bliss of reaching Vaikuntha; and what then of the great welcome you gave him!
ப்ரபூஜிதம்ʼ தம்ʼ ப்ரியயா ச வீஜிதம்ʼ கரே க்ருʼ³ஹீத்வா(அ)கத²ய꞉ புரா க்ருʼதம்।
யதி³ந்த⁴நார்த²ம்ʼ குரு³தார³சோதி³தைரபர்துவர்ஷம்ʼ தத³மர்ஷி காநநே॥
Prapujitam tam priyaya cha vijitam kare grihitvakathayah pura kritam, yadindhanartham gurudarachoditairapartuvarsham tadamarshi kanane.
When he had been worshipped and fanned by your beloved, you took his hand and recalled old times: how, sent by your teacher’s wife to fetch firewood, you both endured an unseasonal downpour in the forest.
த்ரபாஜுஷோ(அ)ஸ்மாத்ப்ருʼது²கம்ʼ பலா³த³த² ப்ரக்ருʼ³ஹ்ய முஷ்டௌ ஸக்ருʼதா³ஶிதே த்வயா।
க்ருʼதம்ʼ க்ருʼதம்ʼ நந்வியதேதி ஸம்ப்ர⁴மாத்ர³மா கிலோபேத்ய கரம்ʼ ருரோத⁴ தே॥
Trapajushosmatprithukam baladatha pragrihya mushtau sakridashite tvaya, kritam kritam nanviyateti sambhramadrama kilopetya karam rurodha te.
Then you snatched the flattened rice from him as he hesitated in embarrassment, and ate a handful; and Lakshmi, they say, rushed up and held your hand: “Enough, enough, this much is plenty!”
ப⁴க்தேஷு ப⁴க்தேந ஸ மாநிதஸ்த்வயா புரீம்ʼ வஸந்நேகநிஶாம்ʼ மஹாஸுக²ம்।
ப³தாபரேத்³யுர்த்ர³விணம்ʼ விநா யயௌ விசித்ரரூபஸ்தவ கல்²வநுக்ர³ஹ꞉॥
Bhakteshu bhaktena sa manitastvaya purim vasannekanisham mahasukham, bataparedyurdravinam vina yayau vichitrarupastava khalvanugrahah.
Honoured by you as a devotee among devotees, he spent one night in the city in great happiness. Alas, the next day he left without any wealth; truly, your grace takes wondrous forms.
யதி³ ஹ்யயாசிஷ்யமதா³ஸ்யத³ச்யுதோ வதா³மி பார்⁴யாம்ʼ கிமிதி வ்ரஜந்நஸௌ।
த்வது³க்திலீலாஸ்மிதமக்³நதீ⁴꞉ புந꞉ க்ரமாத³பஶ்யந்மணிதீ³ப்ரமாலயம்॥
Yadi hyayachishyamadasyadachyuto vadami bharyam kimiti vrajannasau, tvaduktililasmitamagnadhih punah kramadapashyanmanidipramalayam.
“Had I asked, Achyuta would have given. What shall I tell my wife?” he thought as he walked; but his mind sank again into your words, your playfulness and smiles, and in time he saw his home shining with gems.
கிம்ʼ மார்க³விப்ர⁴ம்ʼஶ இதி ப்ர⁴மந்க்ஷணம்ʼ க்ருʼ³ஹம்ʼ ப்ரவிஷ்ட꞉ ஸ த³தர்³ஶ வல்லபா⁴ம்।
ஸகீ²பரீதாம்ʼ மணிஹேமபூ⁴ஷிதாம்ʼ பு³போ³த⁴ ச த்வத்கருணாம்ʼ மஹாத்³பு⁴தாம்॥
Kim margavibhramsha iti bhramankshanam griham pravishtah sa dadarsha vallabham, sakhiparitam manihemabhushitam bubodha cha tvatkarunam mahadbhutam.
“Have I lost my way?” he wondered for a moment. Entering the house, he saw his wife surrounded by companions and adorned with gems and gold, and he understood your truly wondrous compassion.
ஸ ரத்நஶாலாஸு வஸந்நபி ஸ்வயம்ʼ ஸமுந்நமத்³ப⁴க்திபரோ⁴(அ)ம்ருʼதம்ʼ யயௌ।
த்வமேவமாபூரிதப⁴க்தவாஞ்சி²தோ மருத்புராதீ⁴ஶ ஹரஸ்வ மே க³தா³ந்॥
Sa ratnashalasu vasannapi svayam samunnamadbhaktibharomritam yayau, tvamevamapuritabhaktavanchhito marutpuradhisha harasva me gadan.
Though he lived in jewelled halls, his devotion kept rising, and he attained immortality. You who fulfil your devotees’ wishes like this, Lord of Guruvayur, take away my illnesses.