Narayaniyam Dashaka 12

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• verse 1

  स्वायम्भुवो मनुरथो जनसर्गशीलोदृष्ट्वा महीमसमये सलिले निमग्नाम् ।स्रष्टारमाप शरणं भवदङ्घ्रिसेवा-तुष्टाशयं मुनिजनैः सह सत्यलोके ॥1॥

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  svāyambhuvō manurathō janasargaśīlōdṛṣṭvā mahīmasamayē salilē nimagnām ।sraṣṭāramāpa śaraṇaṃ bhavadaṅghrisēvā-tuṣṭāśayaṃ munijanaiḥ saha satyalōkē ॥1॥

  meaning

  Svayambhuva Manu, engaged in creation of progeny, saw the earth sunk in the waters at the wrong time; he went to the Creator for refuge at your feet.

• verse 2

  कष्टं प्रजाः सृजति मय्यवनिर्निमग्नास्थानं सरोजभव कल्पय तत् प्रजानाम् ।इत्येवमेष कथितो मनुना स्वयम्भूः -रम्भोरुहाक्ष तव पादयुगं व्यचिन्तीत् ॥ 2 ॥

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  kaṣṭaṃ prajāḥ sṛjati mayyavanirnimagnāsthānaṃ sarōjabhava kalpaya tat prajānām ।ityēvamēṣa kathitō manunā svayambhūḥ -rambhōruhākṣa tava pādayugaṃ vyachintīt ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  'It is a pity — while I am creating progeny, the earth has sunk; O Lotus-born one, arrange a place for the progeny.' Brahma, thus addressed, went into meditation thinking of your feet.

• verse 3

  हा हा विभो जलमहं न्यपिबं पुरस्ता-दद्यापि मज्जति मही किमहं करोमि ।इत्थं त्वदङ्घ्रियुगलं शरणं यतोऽस्यनासापुटात् समभवः शिशुकोलरूपी ।3॥

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  hā hā vibhō jalamahaṃ nyapibaṃ purastā-dadyāpi majjati mahī kimahaṃ karōmi ।itthaṃ tvadaṅghriyugalaṃ śaraṇaṃ yatō'syanāsāpuṭāt samabhavaḥ śiśukōlarūpī ।3॥

  meaning

  'Alas, I drank the water at the beginning, but still the earth sinks — what shall I do?' Thus saying, he approached your feet in prayer.

• verse 4

  अङ्गुष्ठमात्रवपुरुत्पतितः पुरस्तात्भोयोऽथ कुम्भिसदृशः समजृम्भथास्त्वम् ।अभ्रे तथाविधमुदीक्ष्य भवन्तमुच्चै -र्विस्मेरतां विधिरगात् सह सूनुभिः स्वैः ॥4॥

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  aṅguṣṭhamātravapurutpatitaḥ purastātbhōyō'tha kumbhisadṛśaḥ samajṛmbhathāstvam ।abhrē tathāvidhamudīkṣya bhavantamuchchai -rvismēratāṃ vidhiragāt saha sūnubhiḥ svaiḥ ॥4॥

  meaning

  From the size of a thumb, you sprang forth in front; then you grew to the size of an elephant, and still further — immeasurably you expanded.

• verse 5

  कोऽसावचिन्त्यमहिमा किटिरुत्थितो मेनासापुटात् किमु भवेदजितस्य माया ।इत्थं विचिन्तयति धातरि शैलमात्रःसद्यो भवन् किल जगर्जिथ घोरघोरम् ॥5॥

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  kō'sāvachintyamahimā kiṭirutthitō mēnāsāpuṭāt kimu bhavēdajitasya māyā ।itthaṃ vichintayati dhātari śailamātraḥsadyō bhavan kila jagarjitha ghōraghōram ॥5॥

  meaning

  'Who is this one of inconceivable power, the boar risen from my nostril — is this the Maya of the unconquered one?' Brahma contemplated thus.

• verse 6

  तं ते निनादमुपकर्ण्य जनस्तपःस्थाःसत्यस्थिताश्च मुनयो नुनुवुर्भवन्तम् ।तत्स्तोत्रहर्षुलमनाः परिणद्य भूय-स्तोयाशयं विपुलमूर्तिरवातरस्त्वम् ॥6॥

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  taṃ tē ninādamupakarṇya janastapaḥsthāḥsatyasthitāścha munayō nunuvurbhavantam ।tatstōtraharṣulamanāḥ pariṇadya bhūya-stōyāśayaṃ vipulamūrtiravātarastvam ॥6॥

  meaning

  Hearing that rumbling roar of yours, the sages of the Tapoloka and the Satyaloka praised you.

• verse 7

  ऊर्ध्वप्रसारिपरिधूम्रविधूतरोमाप्रोत्क्षिप्तवालधिरवाङ्मुखघोरघोणः ।तूर्णप्रदीर्णजलदः परिघूर्णदक्ष्णास्तोतृन् मुनीन् शिशिरयन्नवतेरिथ त्वम् ॥7॥

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  ūrdhvaprasāriparidhūmravidhūtarōmāprōtkṣiptavāladhiravāṅmukhaghōraghōṇaḥ ।tūrṇapradīrṇajaladaḥ parighūrṇadakṣṇāstōtṛn munīn śiśirayannavatēritha tvam ॥7॥

  meaning

  With your neck extended, russet-smoky-mane shaking, nostrils snorting, puffed-chested, rushing swiftly.

• verse 8

  अन्तर्जलं तदनुसङ्कुलनक्रचक्रंभ्राम्यत्तिमिङ्गिलकुलं कलुषोर्मिमालम् ।आविश्य भीषणरवेण रसातलस्था -नाकम्पयन् वसुमतीमगवेषयस्त्वम् ॥8॥

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  antarjalaṃ tadanusaṅkulanakrachakraṃbhrāmyattimiṅgilakulaṃ kaluṣōrmimālam ।āviśya bhīṣaṇaravēṇa rasātalasthā -nākampayan vasumatīmagavēṣayastvam ॥8॥

  meaning

  Into the interior of the waters, into the restless mass of crocodiles, into the swirling mass of sea-monsters, into the turbid waves —

• verse 9

  दृष्ट्वाऽथ दैत्यहतकेन रसातलान्तेसंवेशितां झटिति कूटकिटिर्विभो त्वम् ।आपातुकानविगणय्य सुरारिखेटान्दंष्ट्राङ्कुरेण वसुधामदधाः सलीलम् ॥9॥

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  dṛṣṭvā'tha daityahatakēna rasātalāntēsaṃvēśitāṃ jhaṭiti kūṭakiṭirvibhō tvam ।āpātukānavigaṇayya surārikhēṭāndaṃṣṭrāṅkurēṇa vasudhāmadadhāḥ salīlam ॥9॥

  meaning

  Then having seen the earth placed at the bottom of the netherworld by that demon-wretch, you, like the sharp-tusked boar, swift —

• verse 10

  अभ्युद्धरन्नथ धरां दशनाग्रलग्नमुस्ताङ्कुराङ्कित इवाधिकपीवरात्मा ।उद्धूतघोरसलिलाज्जलधेरुदञ्चन्क्रीडावराहवपुरीश्वर पाहि रोगात् ॥10॥

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  abhyuddharannatha dharāṃ daśanāgralagnamustāṅkurāṅkita ivādhikapīvarātmā ।uddhūtaghōrasalilājjaladhērudañchankrīḍāvarāhavapurīśvara pāhi rōgāt ॥10॥

  meaning

  Lifting up the earth on your tusk-tip marked as by munja-grass root, a greatly fat figure — you shook off the fearful waters of the ocean.