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“Ramanarayana” translation
Of Narayaneeyam
By
P.R.Ramachander
( The scariness created by Poothana’s death , her being given salvation by the God and
childhood pranks of the baby Krishna are described here.)
All the Gopas after hearing the news from the Gopis,
Became scared , wonderstruck and became at a loss,
And chopped the huge fearsome body felled by you,
In to pieces and took them to distance and burnt it. 41.2
(Chakatasura, the asura who came in the form of a cart was destroyed by the baby
Krishna when he was left near the cart by the baby Krishna.)
(Another asura called Trinavartha came in the form of a cyclone and lifted baby Krishna
from the cradle. The baby kept on increasing its weight and that made the asura drop the
baby. Lord Krishna then killed him.)
Then immediately after the wailing and crying Gopas and Gopis,
They saw a very huge body falling on the rock outside,
And on his chest saw you without any harm, playing and smiling
And they felt happy and relieved and also sad. 43.6
(Worried by these happenings Nandagopa and Yasoda consult their Guru sage Garga ,
who knew that Lord Krishna was God himself. Sage Garga consoled them and at their
request named him as Krishna. Krishna would mean that which leads to joy and peace. It
also means a boy who is black.The sage also made a horoscope of the boy and read his
future. He named Rohini’s son as Rama)
The sage Garga must have decided to conduct the ceremony in secret,
Possibly wondering as to how he will ever give a name to you,
Who has one thousand names or even countless names. 44.4
(Krishna , became a slightly older baby and kept on doing the childhood pranks which
entertained everybody.)
When you were running like that , some time you slip and fall,
And then manage to get up with dirt coated all over you,
And those sages who are dust free salute you with a smile,
And by that time your mothers reach there,
And with pity take you up and hug you as you are,
And then they shower and cover you with kisses. 45.4
When her breasts are filled with milk , the very lucky Yasoda,
Would cradle you in her lap , and feed you with her mind wavering with excitement,
In the middle , Oh baby who has put on the guise of cowherd,
She attained the acme of joy by seeing your charming face and budding teeth. 45.5
When you started walking and running , and started playing with neighboring children,
You who used to engage in several attractive mischief and pranks,
And started chasing and catching pet parrots, cats and calves,
The Gopas with loud laugh used to prevent you by blocking your way. 45.6
With extreme desire to eat butter that was given to you by the Gopis,
Some times you used to sing sweetly and dance attractively,
And some other times you ate the butter given by the kind Gopis,
And also drank the freshly boiled milk given by them. 45.8
The ladies of the Vruja desa did not bother about your stealing their curds,
And they were not pained by it also , most probably because,
You had drowned them in the ocean of joy by stealing their minds,
And Oh Lord of Guruvayur who was like that , please cure my diseases. 45.10
The sloka 11 and 12 given below are not there in the authorized Vanamala version.
One day seeing the shining moon above the tree branches,
You mistook it to be a fruit and you pestered your parents for it,
And when they for fun asked you to call it yourself,
On your summoning the moon descended straight in to your hands,
Along with the innumerable stars and you appeared in your supreme form. 45.11
When the father was wonderstruck and started prattling “What, what is it”,
You drowned that father for a moment in the divine ocean of joy,
And later brought back the illusion of you being his son,
And Oh God who is like that , save me from my diseases. 45.12
Dasakam 46 The story of Yasoda seeing the universe in the mouth of baby Krishna.
(Lord Krishna’s friends complained that he had eaten mud. When he denied it, his mother
asked to open his mouth. There Yasoda saw the entire Universe.)
Oh God , felling that you who have made all the earth and water,
Inside you at the time of the great deluge,
Would become sick by eating little mud,
Your mother became very angry with you. 46.3
(When baby Krishna was left half fed by Yasoda to mind some house hold chores, he got
angry and broke the curd pot. Angered by this Yasoda tried to tie him to the mortar . But
the length of any rope was not just sufficient. Seeing her exasperated, Lord Krishna made
her tie him to the mortar.)
Oh Hari, when her friends were staring with smile and wonder,
You seeing your mother very tired and covered with sweat,
Were filled with pity and though you had a form which is not bounded,
Wonder of wonders ,Gave permission to being tied by your mother. 47.8
Dasakam 48 Freeing Nala khoobara and Mani Greeva from their curse.
(nala Khoobara and Mani Greeva were sons of Lord Kubhera who had become trees by
the curse of Sage Narada. These trees were standing in the courtyard of Lord Krishna’s
house. The child Krishna dragged the mortar in between those trees and broke both the
trees, Nala Khoobara and Mani Greeva regained their original forms.)
You with a soft belly, who was praised by the extremely happy devas,
Who were surrounding you was called as “Dhamodhara” by them,
And you slowly caught the mortar and stood and saw to Marutha trees near by. 48.1
Those Nala Khoobaras who were once surrounded by large number of ladies,
Who were dancing and singing under the total influence of alcohol,
And were taking bath in the nude in the holy river Ganges,
And were drowned in various types of romantic sports with those ladies
Were seen by sage Narada who was your great devotee,
And who was worshipped by the entire universe. 48.3
Even though the ladies on seeing the sage , gathered their cloths,
And dressed themselves and were being clearly seen by the Nalakhoobaras,
They blinded by zest and having lost their wisdom did not stop what they were doing,
And were told by the great sage as follows so that they would get devotion towards you,
And also would be able to keep away their minds from base acts. 48.4
“You both would live as Marutha trees for a very long time ,
And after seeing Lord Hari, you would go back to your places,”
And hearing this curse those Nalakhoobara and Manigreeva,
With anxiety to see you quickly , became Maruth trees in Vruja desa. 48.5
The Gopas saying that “ This baby who was caught in between the trees,
Was only saved by the power of Lord Vishnu, without any problems,”
And took you to your home and Oh Lord of Guruvayur,
You may kindly save me from this diseases. 48.10
(Upset by the various bad happenings the Yadavas decide to shift to Vrindavana (literally
forest of Thulasi) near the Govardhana(mountain that increases cows) mountain as well
as on the banks of river Yamuna.. Krishna likes the new place and started wandering here
and there\. He joins other cowherd boys in grazing the calves.)
(Lord Krishna kills two more asuras who came in the form of a calf and another who
came who came as a crane.)
Oh God, who was the consort of Lakshmi , as soon you kept your feet,
Which looks after the earth and which was caressed by the lotus hands of Lakshmi,
In the very holy Vrindavana , the trees, creepers , earth mountain and fields,
There were found to completely teeming with all sorts of wealth. 50.2
While you were wandering all over the forest full of tender grass,
And in the banks of Yamuna filled with very cool breeze,
And on the peaks of the very lofty Govardhana mountain ,
Grazing your calves, you recognized one asura,
Who had joined your herd in the form of a calf. 50.3
Hey Lord Vishnu , when the very bad asura with a very gross body,
Felled very many trees by his fall and ruined the forests all around,
The devas who were crowding the skies , due to their joy,
Which ebbed in them , showered flowers on your head. 50.5
When the cowherd boy s asked you how very sweet scented flowers,
Were falling from the top on your head , you playfully replied,
That it was the flowers which went up from the trees,
When you threw the body of Asura on them. 50.6
When another very hot summer day when you and your friends,
Went to the river Kalindi to quench your thirst , you all saw a huge crane,
Which looked like huge mountain, whose wings Indra forgot to cut in the days of yore,
And which crane was flapping its wings very vigorously. 50.7
When the cowherd children were drinking lots of water from the river,
That crane ran near you and picked you up and swallowed you,
And within an instant threw you out , as if he has swallowed fire,
And when he was trying tear you apart by his very sharp beak,
You caught hold of the two ends of the beaks,
Split them apart and killed him. 50.8