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“ Ramanarayana” translation
Of Narayaneeyam
By
P.R.Ramachander
(The killing of Kesi who came as a horse and Vyomasura who came as a Gopa boy and
imprisoned the Gopa boys and cows in a cave.)
(Akroora a Yadava who was a great devotee of Lord Krishna arrives as an emissary of
King Kamsa to invite Krishna and Balarama to the bow sacrifice.)
Akroora saw you both as the ones who were very clean after evening bath,
Wearing very pretty yellow silk and blue silk and looking pretty,
And were wearing very less ornaments but were looking charming,
And with faces drowned in the nectar of your sweet smiles. 72.9
Then you received Akroora who was one of your great devotees,
As he was alighting from his chariot at a great distance and who in turn,
Saluted you by falling at your feet and your lifted him up and embraced him,
And with few words you enquired about his well fare and later,
Took him to your home holding his hand accompanied by Balarama. 72.10
After doing honors to Akroora who was a Yadava with great reverence,
And having heard from him about the impending performance of “Bow sacrifice”,
The fact that everybody was invited to that function was advertised among Gopas,
You spent that night with Akroora talking about many things. 72.11
(Lord Krishna with Lord Balarama leaved Brindavana to the cityof Mathura along with
Akroora. The Gopis who love him become very sad.)
When you started on your journey in the last hours of that night,
When your father and other friends were present with you,
To console those very pretty ones in their great sorrow,
You sent one of your friends to meet them. 73.3
With heightened sorrow and loud imploring when those Gopa maidens,
Were seeing you from a distance, sending to the place where they stood,
Your gentle slightly sad glances again and again
You along with Balarama got in to the chariot of Akroora. 73.5
On the way Akroora the son of Gandhini dipped in to the river water,
For doing his noon ablations and saw you inside the river clearly,
And when he came out of the water . he also saw you sitting on the Chariot,
And he was wonderstruck, Oh God , is it surprising ,
To see you who are all pervading , everywhere ? 73.7
When you asked him , “Is the water very cold so as to cause this state to you?”
Akroora became much more joyous than before and did not reply him at all,
And Oh lord of Guruvayur you sat along with him in the chariot , Please save me. 73.10
(Lord Krishna arrives in Mathura , In the city he kills a washer man who refuses to give
him cloths, rewards the weaver who presents him cloths , cures Sairandhri who is a hunch
backed woman and breaks the bow kept for bow sacrifice.)
You reached Mathura in the noon and stayed in a park in the town’s border,
Finished your meals and along with friends went to see the palace,
And you entered the main thoroughfares as if you were dragged,
By the chain of the accumulated blessings of men and women of that place,
Who had only heard about you and were thirsting to see you in person. 74.1
Oh God, then those women of the town ,who were like the rosy luster of your feet,
Who were shining like your body with the luster of their breasts,
Who were changing like your eyes, Who were very mind stealing like your chest,
Who were without blemish like your very radiant soft smile, and who were shining,
In their ornaments like your shining hair with peacock feathers, came to see you 74.2
You traveled in the main road there making people happy by your glances,
And this made the people assembled there drown in joy and surprise,
And at that time you requested a washer man who was passing by for cloths,
And when he sneeringly refused saying that they were meant for the king,
You cut off his head by your hand and he attained salvation. 74.3
Oh Lord , then on the way you met a pretty hunch backed woman,
Who presented you with perfumed unguents and you ,
And also presented her mind with intense love for you ,
And later to make her body resemble her very straight mind,
You caught hold of her by your hand and within a short time,
Straightened her and made her look like the beauty of the universe. 74.5
Oh Lord , at that time the people who had not done that much sin,
Having complete faith in you , presented you with a betel leaf,
Or garland etc as per their ability and means and saluted you,
Unfortunately I was not standing in your way along with,
Flowers or any other gifts with a folded hand,
Oh Lord , because of this I am suffering great pain , now. 74.6
Oh God , even as that lady who was sent away by you with a promise
That you will see her later was passionately looking at you from a distance
You entered the main tower of the town and it looked as if,
Your fame has already entered the city in the guise of milk,
That flowed from the heavy breasts of Devaki when your arrival,
Was heralded by the noise and din of the city all round you. 74.7
After entering the city of Mathura where a great festival was on,
You went in to hall where the “Bow sacrifice “ was in progress,
The security of the bow either due to your sweetness or due to your splendour,
Allowed you free passage and even when the bow decorated by flowers,
And which was worshipped earlier was telling you, “No, No’,
You took hold of it , stringed it , pulled it and broke it. 74.8
Oh lord , that high decibel sound produced by the braking of the bow by you,
Seemed to herald the festival of killing of Kamsa , which was to happen the next day,
And caused great thrill and horripilation for all the devas, and the shivering it caused,
To Kamsa was greatly enhanced by the loud wails of the security guards,
Who were thrashed and beaten by you by the two pieces of the broken bow. 74.9
Oh Lord , then you with the great fame of granting satisfaction to the good,
And fear to the wicked , admired the prosperous look of that great town,
And by evening reached back to the garden where you were staying,
And told your friend Sri Dhama about your pangs of separation with Radha,
And slept that day with satisfaction , that the opportunity to lessen the burden,
Of the earth has at last arrived, and Oh Lord of Guruvayur, please protect me. 74.10
(Next day Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama go to the wrestling arena, kills the four
tusked Elephant called Kuvalayapeetha, defeat and kill Chanura and Mushtika and later
kill Kamsa himself. Then he makes Ugrasena the father of Kamsa as the king of
Mathura. He also gets the friendship of one of his great devotees called Udhava.)
Next day morning as per the orders of the very frightened Kamsa,
The big drums heralding the commencement of the wrestling match started to play,
Making the assembled kings to occupy the allotted seats for them to watch the wrestling.
And Nandagopa also arrived to the palace at that time
And there Kamsa sat on the tallest tier ,
And you along with Balarama and your other friends ,
Decorating yourselves nicely and in a proper manner,
Arrived at the gate of the competition which was blocked ,
By the very angry elephant called Kuvalayapeeta. 75.1
Then you who are an expert in eluding the forceful grasp of great sages,
Eluded the elephant and ran around and played and suddenly
You felled the great elephant and when it again rushed with ire towards you,
You uprooted its tusks even when it was alive,
And collected valuable gems at the bottom of the tusk,
And gave them to your friend Sri Dhama possibly with an intention,
Of making ,a pretty necklace using them and presenting it to Radha. 75.3
Many people did not understand that you are that which is everywhere,
Which is eternal, Which is the personification of divine joy,
Which is the real Brahman , which is beyond space , time and causation,
And the one shining amongst the Gopas till you went to Mathura
And was seen by them when their real period of blessing came ,
And that the sins of those people who saw you were destroyed,
And became ever joyous and started recounting your childhood exploits. 75.5
When the shocked people started talking with other , alas, alas,
These are children with tender bodies and the wrestlers have hardened bodies,
We will not able to watch this unequal fight “ and started to depart,
You rotated Chanura round and round with your hand ,
And when he was about to die , dashed him on the floor and killed him,
And immediately Bala Rama also killed Mushtika by crushing him,
And all those wrestlers present there ran away from the arena out of fear. 75.7
The very wicked Kamsa knowing not what do ordered the stopping of drum beat,
And ordered your respected parents to be executed
And take you, who is everywhere to a very far off place
And you got angry hearing these orders,
And jumped to the top of the palace like the Garuda swooping on a mountain,
And caught hold of Kamsa in spite of his brandishing a mighty sword. 75.8
Immediately you crushed the joints of Kamsa the king and threw him down,
From the top of the palace and you jumped and fell on Kamsa,
And then all the devas showered flowers and petals on you ,
Surprisingly Kamsa who was thinking about you always due to fear,
Attained salvation , and Oh Divine God , this was because ,
Of his memory of his previous birth as Kalanemi who was also killed by you. 75.9
You then killed the eight brothers of Kamsa and after that,
Quickly saluted your parents and made Ugrasena the king of Mathura,
And thus fulfilled the wishes of all Yadavas and you then made Udhava,
Who had learned Dharma from Brahaspathi and was your great devotee,
As well as your friend and due to this he started living in the capital happily,
And Oh Lord of Guruvayur , please be kind enough to remove all my diseases. 75.10
(Lord Krishna and Balarama complete their education under sage Sandhhepini, and as his
fees brought back his dead sons alive. He then sent his friend Udhava to Vrindavana to
console the Gopis who were suffering due to his coming away. Udhava consoles all of
them with proper words and comes back. He also understood the great devotion these
Gopa maidens had for Lord Krishna.)
After this you who know ,everything that is to be known, along with Balarama went to
The hermitage of Sandeepani and finished your education within sixty four days,
And then brought back the dead sons of the Guru from Yama’s place ,
And gave them to your Guru as fees and returned back to your city,
Of Mathura , blowing your conch named Panchajanya. 76.1
Though repeatedly thinking of the Gopis who were pining with love ,
Due to your deep love and compassion for them all,
And also wanting to show to your best friend and devotee Udhava ,
The intensity of devotion of the Gopis , which can never be seen elsewhere,
You sent Udhava as your emissary on a visit to Brindavana to see the Gopis. 76.2
Those Gopa beauties seeing Udhava who was dressed and ornamented like you,
Recalled to their mind clearly the love sports that you had played with them,
And became incapable of talking and throwing to the winds shyness
And decorum , forgot that they were talking to a stranger ,
And started talking him in a very choked and faltering voice. 76.4
“Oh Sir, were you sent by that hard hearted one to please his parents?
Where is that one who has become a lover to the very urban beauties?
Oh Hari, Oh dear , please save us, Oh pretty black one,
Who can forget your embraces, kisses and deeds in the sport of love,
As well as your words consisting of false promises?” 76.5
The Gopis who were your sweethearts further cried, due to their excess love
“Please give us your well pressed flower like body ,
With disheveled hair due to Rasa Kreeda you played with us,
Which is drenched with sweat here and there making it more desirable,
For hugging and embracing once more , Oh ocean of mercy “
Oh God who attracts all the three worlds by your love . 76.6
Later Udhava made , those Gopis , who were lamenting due to love ,
And were extremely upset, very peaceful by telling them your message,
Which was pregnant with spiritual wisdom and spent a few days with those Gopis,
Who had a satisfied mind and for whom you were everything . 76.7
Udhava was filled with surprise and was dumb stuck to know,
That in Gokula all household chores were being done,
With the accompaniment of songs about you,
And when two people meet each other , only your stories are talked about,
And all acts of every one was an imitation of what you used to do,
And even when they prattle anything while dreaming, it would be news about you. 76.8
Udhava gladdened the heart of the lotus eyed darling of yours Radha by telling,
“Oh Radha , your sweet heart Krishna when he is alone with me talks with interest,
Always about you saying , “this object is a pet object of Radha,
Oh Friend why are you not talking with me like Radha when she is angry in love.” 76.9
Passing to them your message “ I would come to visit you soon,
I am not coming only due to pressure of work,
Do not grieve because even in parting memory becomes very strong,
When soon you would get divine joy , you would feel meeting and parting to be same,”
Udhava made all those Gopis as people without sorrow. 76.10
Udhava came back from Gokula with a very gladdened heart and told,
“Nowhere else in the world can we see this type of devotion,
Which I have never seen nor heard. What is the use of Vedic sayings?
Or even staunch penance . My salutations to the Gopis.”
And you became very happy to hear these words,
Oh Lord of Guruvayur , Please remove the collection of my diseases. 76.11
Dasakam 77 Love with Sairandhri and killing of Jarasandha and Kala yavana.
(Lord Krishna satisfies the passionate yearning for him of Sairandhri, gave her a son
called Upasloka , sent Akroora to know the news about Pandavas, killed the armies of
Jarasandha and got Kalayavana killed by Muchukunda )
After that , nattily dressed and accompanied by Udhava you went to the house,
Of Sairandhri , who was suffering due to extreme love sickness,
And who was all the time thinking of the festival of joining with you,
And who adorned and dressed herself in the hope of your coming. 77.1
At the time of your coming away , when you asked about the boon wanted by her,
That unfortunate one requested similar enjoyment for some more nights,
And we know a wise one would have asked for salvation but
It is surprising that she did not ask your company forever? 77.3
After that Oh God , you entertained the deer eyed one as much as possible,
During some more nights and you also gave her a son called Upasloka,
And that Upasloka learned from Narada the secret of eternal realty and became great 77.4
After that ,once along with Balarama and Udhava you happened,
To go the house of Akroora ,who was very pleased with that,
And honoured all of you with great hospitality and sang your prayers,
And you sent him to find out the news about Pandavas ,
Who had then come from the forest to the town,
And also understood from him the activities of Dritharashtra, 77.5
When Balarama with force captured and tied the very strong Jarsandha.
You set him free with the hope that he would come with another big army,
Though it was known that at that time there was none more powerful than Jarasandha,
And he had a very huge army acquired by several mighty conquests. 77.7
Though that Jarasanda who suffered a great defeat and lost all hope,
Due to the frequent encouragement given by several kings,
Came to fight with you sixteen more times and in those wars,
Oh Lord Vishnu you killed three hundred and ninety one akshouhini army. Alas. 77.8
When he came the eighteenth time with a three crore Yavana army,
Led by Kala Yavana, you constructed a city in the middle of the sea,
With the help of Viswakarma almost within no time,
And using your yogic powers transferred all people to the new town. 77.9
You wore a garland and feigned as if you were running away from the city,
On foot , and Kalayavana who was not blessed enough to die from hands of God.
Pursued you and you entered in to a cave in the forest and hid yourself there,
And Kala yavana who was pursuing you entered the cave and kicked a sleeping figure ,
There, thinking it was you and king Muchukunda who was sleeping there woke up,
And made Kala yavana in to ashes and you showed your divine form,
To that king who was one of your very famous devotees. 77.10
Then later you went to the city of Mathura and killed all Kala Yavana’s army,
And when you were returning to Dwaraka , you were again stopped by Jarasandha,
And you thinking to make him little proud and gave him victory over you and ran away,
And went and reached Dwaraka and oh Lord of Guruvayur please save me. 77.12
Dasakam 78 Life in Dwaraka and getting a message from Rukhmani
(Lord Krishna a long with his people shifted to Dwaraka a fortified island created by him
and had a very pleasant joyous life there.Lord Balarama marries Revathi , the daughter of
king Revatha. There he receives a message from Rukhmani a princess that she is in love
with him and her brother Rugmi is trying to get her married to Shishupala against her
wishes,Through a Brahmin and sends message that he will marry her.)
Then you told him, “Oh friend, I have more pain out of love, than her,
And so I would bring my darling away from there in the presence of other kings.” 78.9
Oh Lord of Guruvayur you, who then you proceeded with a delighted Brahmin,
In your chariot to Kundina within a second, please reduce my pains a little. 78.10
(Onher way back from the temple to the marriage hall Rukhmani is abducted by Lord
Krishna along with Lord Balarama and a big Yadava army. He gets married to her.)
That night some how inched out along with the sorrow of the citizens,
After seeing you as the most handsome one on earth.
And also hearing about the acts of their prince Rugmi. 79.2
At that time the moon faced Rukmani who has pledged her life to you,
Decked with auspicious ornaments fitting the occasion and with luster,
Started from her house guarded by valorous soldiers ,
From the women’s area of the palace to the temple of Parvathi. 79.3
When other kings were jostling with each other to see Rukmani,
Due to the wish to see her and when you were standing peacefully,
That princess Rukmani came out of the temple,
Lighting up the entire area with her great radiating beauty. 79.5
And then you imprisoned Rugmi who came to war with you,
And disfigured him by shaving of his head and face and killed his pride,
But you freed him and sent him back as per the advice of Balarama,
And you proceeded to Dwaraka along with your wife who was goddess Lakshmi. 79.9
Then you enhanced her joy and happiness by still bolder talks,
And new methods and increased the pleasure more than before
Of Rukmani who was your dearest darling and Oh Mukunda,
Please cure diseases of mine , who is narrating your story. 79.12
( To clear his name against the unfounded charge that he had stolen the Syamanthaka
from Sathrajit, Lord Krishna, fights with Jambhavan and recovers the gem. He marries
his daughter Jambhavanthi as well as Sathya Bhama the daughter of Sathrajit. Goes to
meet Pandavas who were supposedly burnt in a lac palace , comes back on hearing of the
murder of Sathrajit, kills Kruthaverma and ultimately hands over the Syamanthaka gem
to Akroora.)
Prasena the brother of Sathrajit went to the forest wearing that Gem,
Which was not given to you by the petty minded Sathrajit,
And one lion misunderstanding the gem to be a piece of flesh, killed him,
Nit only that Jambhavan who was the lord of the forest killed that lion,
And took away the gem and presented it to his son. 80.2
You later summoned Akroora who had run away out of fear,
With Kruthavarma and brought out the truth that the syamanthaka jewel,
Was entrusted to him by Sathadhanva and gave him that great gem,
To him , who was leading a very disciplined life according to Sasthras,
And you took rest on the bosom of Sathyabhama, and Oh God,
Who is the Lord of Guruvayur please take care of me. 80.11