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“ Ramanarayana” translation
Of Narayaneeyam
By
P.R.Ramachander
When you told him that a person who will not be satisfied,
By three feet of land , will not be satisfied even if he gets the entire universe,
Mahabali got ready to give you the three feet and took water in his hands,
And then Oh Lord who blesses, with an intention of testing him,
You induced sage Shukra openly say “Do not give, Do not give ,
For this is Lord Hari , who takes away everything.” 31.4
Then the emperor of Asuras strongly told,
“If it is indeed Lord Vishnu himself who is begging me,
I have reached complete fulfillment of all my desires,
And I would definitely give it to him , with happiness.”,
And then though sage Shukra cursed him,
With the water given by his wife Vindhyavali,
He gave everything to you along with water, What a great surprise. 31.5
That Brhama washed the top of your feet that reached his world,
With the water kept in his sacred bowl, and that water,
Was the one that purified all the world* and due to their joy,
Devas and Gandharwas danced and the drum was played,
By your great devotee Jambhavan, who went round the world. 31.7
*Became river Ganges
Oh God then the asuras started a war without the consent of Bali,
And they were defeated easily by your attendants who came there suddenly,
And then you told the asuras that you are the embodiment of time,
And yy whose blessing only they had earlier won in wars,
And also told them that their war was absolutely useless,
And obeying you they all left for Patala. 31.8
You blessed Maha Bali, by saying “All that I have done was aimed,
At destroying your pride Oh Lord of Asuras,
And due to your good deeds , you have achieved everything,
And let you get a world which is much greater than heaven,
And later let you come and merge with myself,”
And Oh Lord of Guruvayur , you who got completed,
The Yaga done by Maha Bali through Shukra and others protect me. 31.10
(Lord Vishnu took the incarnation of fish to save the Vedas from an Asura called
Hayagreeva))
Long , long ago in the deluge that happened after ,
The rule of the sixth Manu , Vedas were stolen,
From the mouth of Brahma who was going to sleep,
By Hayagreeva who was a very great Asura,
And at that time, did you not take the form of a fish? 32.1
W hen the king who was a sage who was doing penance,
Left you in the water and saw you getting scared,
He put you in his pitcher and took you to his hermitage,
But Oh Lord within a few days you filled completely that pot,
Later a pond and still later a lake. 32.3
You with your fish form towed the earth which was a boat,
And showed Sathyavrutha and other sages,
All the parts of the world, and was praised by Sathyavrutha,
And taught all of them the supreme knowledge of self. 32.8
With your lofty horn , you tore apart the chest of Hayagreeva,
Retrieved the Vedas sand gave them back to the pleased Brahma,
And Oh Lord of Guruvayur , please protect and save me. 32.10
(Ambareesha was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu who was always protected by Vishnu
Chakra. When sage Durvasa got short tempered and tried to harm him, that Vishnu
Chakra chased sage Durvasa and left him only at the request of Ambareesha.)
Pleased by the devotion of him ,who was doing all actions only to please you,
Oh Lord without any loss of time , you wanted to bless him,
And without his demanding , you gave him the Sudarshana Wheel,
Which had one thousand sharp edges, for his protection. 33.2
During that time that Ambareesha along with his virtuous wife,
Lived In Madhuvana on the banks of Yamuna with an only aim of worshipping you,
And observed the Dwadasi penance for the entire year along with worship,
And gave away ten million cows as gift to Brahmins. 33.3
On a Dwadasi day during the breaking of fast , after doing worship of Vishnu,
Sage Durwasa paid a visit to him in his house at Madhuvana,
And the king invited him for food and that sage,
Who had a natural inclination to cause problems ,
Walked slowly to Yamuna to complete his noon ablations. 33.4
The king due to the anxiety of proper time for breaking fast getting over,
With all his attention concentrated on you , broke fast with only water,
And the sage who returned by that time , coming to know that he has broken his fast,
Berated the king and tearing a piece of his own hair created ,
A wicked being called Krithya to destroy the king. 33.5
Then you , who are everywhere, told the sage who came and saluted you ,
“Sage , I am the slave of my devotees and you well know that,
Knowledge and penance are respected only if it is mixed with humility,
And so go and pray at the feet of king Ambareesha only. 33.8
The king who waited for the coming of the sage for one full year,
Did not take any food or drink during that time ,
And he fed the great sage well and bid farewell to him who was pleased,
And then took food and he became more devoted to you,
And attained salvation , and Oh Lord of Guruvayur , please protect me. 33.10
(This Dasakam relates the story of Rama, till he meet Lord Hanuman)
Oh God , with the permission of your father , you along with Lakshmana,
Armed with a bow went along with sage Viswamithra to protect his fire sacrifice,
And due to the two chants taught by the sage you did not have any travel problems,
And as per the words of the sage you killed Thadaga for the good of mankind,
And you reached his hermitage along with several divine arrows given by the saint. 34.2
In the beginning of the fire sacrifice you drove away Mareecha with your arrows,
And later killed other asuras and on the way you liberated Ahalya from her curse,
And reaching the city of Mithila , you broke the bow of Lord Shiva,
And married Sita who was really Goddess Lakshmi but was the daughter of earth,
And returned back to your country after marriage along with your brothers and their
wives. 34.3
After the very angry Parsurama stopped you on the way and gave you his own luster,
You reached Ayodhya , Oh pretty Lord and lived in your palace with Sita happily,
And when Bharatha with Shathrugna had gone to his uncle’s house for a stay,
When your father wanted to celebrate your coronation,
It so happened that it was prevented by the daughter of king of Kekaya. 34.4
You became sad when Bharatha told that your father died due to son’s separation,
And gave libations of water to your late father
And gave your slippers and country to Bharatha,
And later you went and saluted sage Athri and then went to the wide Dandakaranya,
And on your way killed the asura called Viradha and later Oh God,
You saw the happy end of sage Sharabha and granted him salvation. 34.6
Then later you went and met sage Agasthya and saluted him, and took an oath,
To kill all the hoards of Rakshasas so that the sages can live without problems,
And from the saint received the bow of Vishnu as well as Brahmastra,
And on the way met Jatayu the eagle , who was the best friend of your father,
And happily lived with Sita in Panchavai on the banks of Godavari river. 34.7
You who are having the never tiring power , unable to tolerate Soorpanaka,
Who came there with entreaties of love , send her to your brother Lakshmana,
And the very angry Lakshmana cut her nose off and you fought ,
With Khara Dhoosha, Trisiras and more than ten thousand Rakshasas,
Who became angry because of the taking away of prettiness of Soorpanaka,
And you killed them all without effort instantly. 34.8
Hearing the news from his sister , Ravana who was full of anger and passion,
Went and met Mareecha and according to his wish , Mareecha appeared,
As a magical deer in front of your hermitage and when Sita wanted the deer,
You chased the deer and killed him, and hearing him shout in deceptive voice for help,
Sita sent your brother to help you and Ravana abducted Sita ,
And knowing that though you became sad , but realizing that,
An opportunity and motive to kill Ravana has come, you were happy. 34.9
Then , when you were going in search of Sita , and when Jatayu breathed his last,
Telling you that Ravana killed him when he tried to prevent abduction of Sita,
You did after death ceremonies for that great friend , and later killed Kabandha,
Who attempted to catch both of you and eat you both ,
And then visiting Shabhari who was your devotee , you met Hanuman,
Who was the son of wind God on the banks of Pampa and became,
Happy because you got his help , Oh Lord of Guruvatyur , please protect me. 34.10
(This is the second part Ramayana and ends with the going away of Sri Rama from this
earth)
After meeting with Hanuman , through him you entered in to treaty with Sugreeva,
Threw the skeleton of the asura called Dhundhubhi by using the thumb of your feet,
And then just by one arrow put a hole in the seven sala trees with one trial,
And later you killed the very powerful Bali who tried to kill Sugreeva,
By very unfair means of hiding behind a tree by using an arrow,
And later you suffered and spent the entire rainy season without Sita’s company,
Near to the hermitage of the saint called Matanga 35.1
Later after getting scared by the harsh and angry words of your brother Lakshmana,
Sugreeva summoned the monkey army to search for your wife Sita and when they all,
Saluted at your feet and when they were about to start for the search,
You were happy and gave your signet ring and sent a message through Hanuman,
And those monkeys underwent great difficulties in search of your wife Sita. 35.2
As per the words of Sampathi ,who got back his wings when he heard your story,
That Hanuman jumped and crossed the ocean , saw Sita in the city of Lanka,
Gave her your ring, destroyed Asoka garden , killed Akshaya kumara in war ,
Suffered the ties of Brahmastra , met Ravana , burnt the entire Lanka,
And speedily came before you and gave you the hair brooch of Sita. 35.3
Then you along with ,great monkeys like Sugreeva and Angadha and an army,
Spread all over the land , straight went to the sea, and there met brother of Ravana,
And gathering the secret information about Ravana told by him ,
Requested the sea to give way and when your words were not honoured,
You got Prepared to shoot a fire arrow at the God of the sea, and seeing its power,
The sea god was scared and provided a path way in the middle of the sea. 35.4
Building a bridge using the mountains brought from everywhere by the monkeys,
You went to Lanka and you troubled the asura army by monkeys armed,
With only teeth, mountains stones and trees , in the middle of your valorous war,
Indrajit tied you and your brother Lakshmana using the serpent arrow,
And speedily Garuda came there and released both of you from the bondage. ,
By the wind generated by the flapping of his very huge wings. 35.5
Later that Lakshmana , lost his life by the weapon Shakthi of Indrajit,
And he was brought to life again by the smell of the medicine mountain,
Brought by Hanuman and he killed Indrajit who was very notorious by war of delusion,
And you who lost your balance due to the illusion of asuras ,
Was consoled by Vibheeshana and you killed Kumbhakarna,
Along with the army that created tremor in earth by their march. 35.6
You accepted the chariot and armour sent by Devendra , during the war with Ravana,
And in the war you cut the head of Ravana using the Brahmastra,
And later accepted Sita who was purified by her entering in to the fire,
And then along with the monkeys who died earlier but were given life by the devas,
Vibheeshana and your wife Sita , you came to Ayodhya in the Pushpaka Vimana. 35.7
After your cornation as king you lived for more than ten thousand years happily,
And alas you sacrificed the Sita who was in a family way due to public scandal about her,
And you got Lavanasura killed by Shatrugna
And later killed the unjust Shudra called Shambhuka,
And at that time Sita who was living in Valmiki’s hermitage
Gave birth to two of your sons. 35.8
According to the suggestion of sage Valmiki , who made your sons sing,
His sweet epic Ramayana in the hall of fire sacrifice ,
When you wanted to take back Sita, she entered the earth and vanished,
And the God of death informed you that your time of death has arrived,
And for certain purpose you abandoned your brother Lakshmana,
And entered along with all your retinue the Sarayu river and reached Vaikunta. 35.9
(Lord Vishnu took the incarnation of Lord Parasurama to get rid of the evil and bad kings
of the world. He was born as the son of sage Jamadagni. To take revenge on the
Kshatriyas who troubled his parents, he massacred them for twenty one genearations.)
By the age of fourteen you had completely mastered all the Vedas,
And cut off the head of your mother due to the order of your father ,
Who got very angry with her due to her momentary attraction ,
To a great Gandharwa and also killed your brothers,
Who did not obey your father’s order and later,
When your father became peaceful, obtained a boon from him,
To bring back all of them back to life and were also blessed by your mother. 36.3
At that time the king Karthaveeryarjuna who had come to hunt in the forest,
Was welcomed by your father and saw the great wealth given by the cow ,
And was worshipped along with his army by your father as guests,
And on returning home as per the advice of a bad minister ,
He sent the minister to buy Kamadhenu from your father ,
And when he tried to take the cow by force and your father prevented it,
And your father was killed by the minister but his army was destroyed by the cow
But the evil minded minister who was having an army abducted the cow’s calf. 36.5
And then, when the very angry sons of Karthaveerya killed your father,
Seeing mother Renuka beating her chest several times
You took a fierce oath and by meditation got chariot and arms,
And fought in all directions using the sword and arrow,
Against the Kshatriyas who were traitors of Brahmins,
And made the entire earth free of Kshatriyas. 36.9
(The story of the incarnation as Lord Krishna starts with this Dasakam and continues till
Dasakam 88. In this the circumstances befind the incarnation are described in detail. It
also includes the killing by Kamsa of all the siblings born before Kamsa to Devaki.)
All of them reached the shores of ocean of milk blessed by gentle breeze,
And stood together meditating on their feet and Lord Brahma,
Took your great words deep in to his mind and making everyone happy,
Told,“ That divine soul Lord Vishnu told me as follows:-“ 37.4
Then that Lord Brahma told them your own words as follows,
“ I understand the sufferings of earth and devas due to the very bad kings,
And to completely annihilate those kings, I would be born ,
In the Yadava clan , taking my fully complete incarnation,
And let all the devas and deva maidens be born in the clan Of Vrishnis*,
To serve me , along with their power.” 37.5
*cowherds
Oh God , hearing your words which were like nectar in their ears,
And getting a completely peaceful mind by the nectar of your mercy,
They all went back to their respective places of residence,
And due to your presence , in the holy and famous city of Mathura,
Vasudeva the son of Soora married the lucky daughter of Devaka. 37.6
After the marriage of Devaki and Vasudeva , Kamsa , the brother of Devaki,
Respected them well and went as their chariot driver and on the way,
You told as a voice of the sky, “Hey evil one , Her eighth son would kill you,”,
And the enraged Kamsa was greatly scared and took his sword to kill Devaki. 37.7
When that evil one caught hold of the hair of Devaki and was about to kill her,
Vasudeva tried to plead and console him and when he did leave his grip,
Told that he would undertake to give all the babies born to Devaki to him,
And this made Kamsa go home with happiness and later when Vasudeva,
Handed your first brother to Kamsa , he did not kill the child due to love,
And Oh God, this shows that even evil hard hearted ones have some times mercy. 37.8
During that time according to your wishes, when the famous sage Narada ,
Told Kamsa , the king of Bhojas as follows, “You all belong to the asura clan,
And the Yadavas belong to the deva clan and Oh lord , do you not know,
“That Vishnu as per the request of devas is going to be born to kill you.”,
Kamsa made life difficult for all the Yadavas and killed al children of Vasudeva. 37.9
Then the king of snakes became the foetus of the seventh pregnancy of Devaki,
And Oh Madhava , according to your suggestion Maya Devi , put that child,
In to the womb of Rohini and at that time you who are embodiment of divine joy,
Entered the womb of Devaki and the devas submitted prayers to you,
And Oh God, you who did all this may please remove all my sickness,
And bless me with supreme devotion towards you. 37.10
(This Dasakam deals with the birth of Krishna in prison and his transport to The labour
room of Yasoda who was the wife of the Yadava Chief Nandagopa.)
When all the environment got cool due to the heavy rain,
And when all good people were joyous because due to fulfillment of their desires,
And at midnight when the moon has just risen , you were born in this world,
So that you can remove the sufferings of all the three worlds. 38.2
Oh Lord, who was the son of Vasudeva , due to the look tinged with shyness,
Of Goddess Lakshmi who was completely merged in your chest,
The atmosphere in that place was so surcharged that, it looked as if,
That all the evils in that house due to badness of Kamsa would be swept away. 38.4
Due to seeing you , who is even unattainable to sages , who have attained self control,
Vasudeva filled both his eyes with your very baby like form,
And was transported to great ecstasy and horripilation , and with choked emotion,
Sang your praises , with his eyes being filled up with honey like tears. 38.5
That Vasudeva with a very joyous mind praised you like this,
“ Oh God who is the divine spirit , be pleased with me,
You are the knife that cuts off the tender creeper of sorrow,
Please remove all my sorrow by your compassionate glance.” 38.6
Then the very lucky Vasudeva carrying you was shown the way,
By Adhisesha who prevented him from getting drenched in the rain by his hoods,
And lighted his path by the gems on his head ,
And Oh Lord of Guruvayur , who is like that please cure my diseases. 38.10
Dasakam 39 The coming out of Yoga Maya and festival of Krishna’s birth.
( Vasudeva brings the child Yoga Maya born to Yasoda to the prison. In spite of the baby
being a girl, Kamsa tries to dash the baby against a stone. She appears before him and
tells that he who is born to kill him is elsewhere. Meanwhile , the Yadavas of Gokula
celebrate the birth of a son to their king.)
When Vasudeva was going ahead carrying you with him,
He saw that the river Yamuna was full of water due to floods,
But that great ebbing water , as if by remarkable divine magic,
Surprisingly receded to a depth sufficient only to wet his feet . 39.1
How wonderful , Then that Yasoda won a victory over all blessed persons on earth,
Looking closely at you who was as pretty as a new blue lotus,
And drank your prettiness by her eyes till she was satisfied,
And then fed you her milk slowly caressing your flower like body. 39.9
(Poothana not knowing where the baby to kill Kamsa was born kills several babies
indiscriminately. She reaches Gokula and while she tries to feed Lord Krishna, he sucks
her life out and leads her to salvation.)