Narayaniyam Dashaka 57

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• verse 1

  रामसखः क्वापि दिने कामद भगवन् गतो भवान् विपिनम् ।सूनुभिरपि गोपानां धेनुभिरभिसंवृतो लसद्वेषः ॥1॥

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  rāmasakhaḥ kvāpi dinē kāmada bhagavan gatō bhavān vipinam ।sūnubhirapi gōpānāṃ dhēnubhirabhisaṃvṛtō lasadvēṣaḥ ॥1॥

  meaning

  On a certain day, O wish-granting Lord, accompanied by Rama (Balarama), surrounded by the cowherd boys and cows, you went to the forest in shining array.

• verse 2

  सन्दर्शयन् बलाय स्वैरं वृन्दावनश्रियं विमलाम् ।काण्डीरैः सह बालैर्भाण्डीरकमागमो वटं क्रीडन् ॥2॥

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  sandarśayan balāya svairaṃ vṛndāvanaśriyaṃ vimalām ।kāṇḍīraiḥ saha bālairbhāṇḍīrakamāgamō vaṭaṃ krīḍan ॥2॥

  meaning

  Showing Balarama the spotless beauty of Vrindavan at will, with the boys carrying staves you came playing to the Bhandiraka banyan tree.

• verse 3

  तावत्तावकनिधनस्पृहयालुर्गोपमूर्तिरदयालुः ।दैत्यः प्रलम्बनामा प्रलम्बबाहुं भवन्तमापेदे ॥3॥

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  tāvattāvakanidhanaspṛhayālurgōpamūrtiradayāluḥ ।daityaḥ pralambanāmā pralambabāhuṃ bhavantamāpēdē ॥3॥

  meaning

  Just then, the merciless demon Pralamba, eager for your destruction, came in the form of a long-armed cowherd to meet you of long arms.

• verse 4

  जानन्नप्यविजानन्निव तेन समं निबद्धसौहार्दः ।वटनिकटे पटुपशुपव्याबद्धं द्वन्द्वयुद्धमारब्धाः ॥4॥

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  jānannapyavijānanniva tēna samaṃ nibaddhasauhārdaḥ ।vaṭanikaṭē paṭupaśupavyābaddhaṃ dvandvayuddhamārabdhāḥ ॥4॥

  meaning

  Knowing him, yet acting as if you knew not, you struck up friendship with him; near the banyan you began wrestling among the smart cowherd boys.

• verse 5

  गोपान् विभज्य तन्वन् सङ्घं बलभद्रकं भवत्कमपि ।त्वद्बलभीरुं दैत्यं त्वद्बलगतमन्वमन्यथा भगवन् ॥5॥

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  gōpān vibhajya tanvan saṅghaṃ balabhadrakaṃ bhavatkamapi ।tvadbalabhīruṃ daityaṃ tvadbalagatamanvamanyathā bhagavan ॥5॥

  meaning

  Dividing the cowherds into two groups, one led by you and one by Balabhadra, you allowed the demon — who feared your strength — to be in Balarama's group, O Lord.

• verse 6

  कल्पितविजेतृवहने समरे परयूथगं स्वदयिततरम् ।श्रीदामानमधत्थाः पराजितो भक्तदासतां प्रथयन् ॥6॥

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  kalpitavijētṛvahanē samarē parayūthagaṃ svadayitataram ।śrīdāmānamadhatthāḥ parājitō bhaktadāsatāṃ prathayan ॥6॥

  meaning

  In the contest you arranged that the loser carry the winner; defeated, you carried Sridama, who belonged to the opposite team and was your dear friend, displaying the ways of a devotee-servant.

• verse 7

  एवं बहुषु विभूमन् बालेषु वहत्सु वाह्यमानेषु ।रामविजितः प्रलम्बो जहार तं दूरतो भवद्भीत्या ॥7॥

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  ēvaṃ bahuṣu vibhūman bālēṣu vahatsu vāhyamānēṣu ।rāmavijitaḥ pralambō jahāra taṃ dūratō bhavadbhītyā ॥7॥

  meaning

  While many boys were thus carrying and being carried, O all-pervading one, Pralamba — defeated by Balarama — bore him far away out of fear of you.

• verse 8

  त्वद्दूरं गमयन्तं तं दृष्ट्वा हलिनि विहितगरिमभरे ।दैत्यः स्वरूपमागाद्यद्रूपात् स हि बलोऽपि चकितोऽभूत् ॥8॥

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  tvaddūraṃ gamayantaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā halini vihitagarimabharē ।daityaḥ svarūpamāgādyadrūpāt sa hi balō'pi chakitō'bhūt ॥8॥

  meaning

  Seeing him carry Balarama far off, the demon assumed his real form, the very weight of which made even Balarama startled.

• verse 9

  उच्चतया दैत्यतनोस्त्वन्मुखमालोक्य दूरतो रामः ।विगतभयो दृढमुष्ट्या भृशदुष्टं सपदि पिष्टवानेनम् ॥9॥

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  uchchatayā daityatanōstvanmukhamālōkya dūratō rāmaḥ ।vigatabhayō dṛḍhamuṣṭyā bhṛśaduṣṭaṃ sapadi piṣṭavānēnam ॥9॥

  meaning

  Looking at your face from afar despite the demon's huge body, Balarama lost all fear and at once crushed that wicked one with a powerful fist.

• verse 10

  हत्वा दानववीरं प्राप्तं बलमालिलिङ्गिथ प्रेम्णा ।तावन्मिलतोर्युवयोः शिरसि कृता पुष्पवृष्टिरमरगणैः ॥10॥

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  hatvā dānavavīraṃ prāptaṃ balamāliliṅgitha prēmṇā ।tāvanmilatōryuvayōḥ śirasi kṛtā puṣpavṛṣṭiramaragaṇaiḥ ॥10॥

  meaning

  Having slain the demon-warrior, you embraced the returning Balarama with affection; then a shower of flowers fell upon both your heads from the host of celestials.

• verse 11

  आलम्बो भुवनानां प्रालम्बं निधनमेवमारचयन् ।कालं विहाय सद्यो लोलम्बरुचे हरे हरेः क्लेशान् ॥11॥

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  ālambō bhuvanānāṃ prālambaṃ nidhanamēvamārachayan ।kālaṃ vihāya sadyō lōlambaruchē harē harēḥ klēśān ॥11॥

  meaning

  Thus, O support of the worlds, fashioning Pralamba's destruction in this manner, without delay, O Hari of bee-dark beauty, dispel the afflictions of Hari (the devotee).