Narayaniyam Dashaka 71

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• verse 1

  यत्नेषु सर्वेष्वपि नावकेशी केशी स भोजेशितुरिष्टबन्धुः ।त्वां सिन्धुजावाप्य इतीव मत्वा सम्प्राप्तवान् सिन्धुजवाजिरूपः ॥1॥

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  yatnēṣu sarvēṣvapi nāvakēśī kēśī sa bhōjēśituriṣṭabandhuḥ ।tvāṃ sindhujāvāpya itīva matvā samprāptavān sindhujavājirūpaḥ ॥1॥

  meaning

  The demon Keshi, the beloved enemy of the lord of Bhoja (Kamsa), having exhausted all his efforts, as if thinking 'I shall obtain Lakshmi by obtaining you,' came roaring as a great horse.

• verse 2

  गन्धर्वतामेष गतोऽपि रूक्षैर्नादैः समुद्वेजितसर्वलोकः ।भवद्विलोकावधि गोपवाटीं प्रमर्द्य पापः पुनरापतत्त्वाम् ॥2॥

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  gandharvatāmēṣa gatō'pi rūkṣairnādaiḥ samudvējitasarvalōkaḥ ।bhavadvilōkāvadhi gōpavāṭīṃ pramardya pāpaḥ punarāpatattvām ॥2॥

  meaning

  Having become a Gandharva, even so his harsh neighing terrified all the worlds; he ravaged the entire Gopa settlement until he beheld you — then the villain came again.

• verse 3

  तार्क्ष्यार्पिताङ्घ्रेस्तव तार्क्ष्य एष चिक्षेप वक्षोभुवि नाम पादम् ।भृगोः पदाघातकथां निशम्य स्वेनापि शक्यं तदितीव मोहात् ॥3॥

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  tārkṣyārpitāṅghrēstava tārkṣya ēṣa chikṣēpa vakṣōbhuvi nāma pādam ।bhṛgōḥ padāghātakathāṃ niśamya svēnāpi śakyaṃ taditīva mōhāt ॥3॥

  meaning

  You whose feet Garuda bears — this one, like Bhrigu who had kicked Vishnu's chest, tried to kick your chest with his hoof; but hearing the story of Bhrigu's kick, you also —

• verse 4

  प्रवञ्चयन्नस्य खुराञ्चलं द्रागमुञ्च चिक्षेपिथ दूरदूरम्सम्मूर्च्छितोऽपि ह्यतिमूर्च्छितेन क्रोधोष्मणा खादितुमाद्रुतस्त्वाम् ॥4॥

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  pravañchayannasya khurāñchalaṃ drāgamuñcha chikṣēpitha dūradūramsammūrchChitō'pi hyatimūrchChitēna krōdhōṣmaṇā khāditumādrutastvām ॥4॥

  meaning

  quickly deceiving the edge of his hoof, you hurled him far away; even as he fainted with extreme fury's heat —

• verse 5

  त्वं वाहदण्डे कृतधीश्च वाहादण्डं न्यधास्तस्य मुखे तदानीम् ।तद् वृद्धिरुद्धश्वसनो गतासुः सप्तीभवन्नप्ययमैक्यमागात् ॥5॥

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  tvaṃ vāhadaṇḍē kṛtadhīścha vāhādaṇḍaṃ nyadhāstasya mukhē tadānīm ।tad vṛddhiruddhaśvasanō gatāsuḥ saptībhavannapyayamaikyamāgāt ॥5॥

  meaning

  you thrust your arm, which had subdued the arm-rod into his mouth at that moment; choked by that swelling arm blocking his breath he died, becoming a corpse.

• verse 6

  आलम्भमात्रेण पशोः सुराणां प्रसादके नूत्न इवाश्वमेधे ।कृते त्वया हर्षवशात् सुरेन्द्रास्त्वां तुष्टुवुः केशवनामधेयम् ॥6॥

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  ālambhamātrēṇa paśōḥ surāṇāṃ prasādakē nūtna ivāśvamēdhē ।kṛtē tvayā harṣavaśāt surēndrāstvāṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ kēśavanāmadhēyam ॥6॥

  meaning

  By merely touching you, for the gods it was as if a new horse-sacrifice had been performed — out of joy the gods praised you: O Keshava!

• verse 7

  कंसाय ते शौरिसुतत्वमुक्त्वा तं तद्वधोत्कं प्रतिरुध्य वाचा।प्राप्तेन केशिक्षपणावसाने श्रीनारदेन त्वमभिष्टुतोऽभूः ॥7॥

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  kaṃsāya tē śaurisutatvamuktvā taṃ tadvadhōtkaṃ pratirudhya vāchā।prāptēna kēśikṣapaṇāvasānē śrīnāradēna tvamabhiṣṭutō'bhūḥ ॥7॥

  meaning

  Having told Kamsa that you were the son of Shura's family, and having held back that one intent on killing you with words — after the slaying of Keshi was over, the sage Narada came and addressed you.

• verse 8

  कदापि गोपैः सह काननान्ते निलायनक्रीडनलोलुपं त्वाम् ।मयात्मजः प्राप दुरन्तमायो व्योमाभिधो व्योमचरोपरोधी ॥8॥

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  kadāpi gōpaiḥ saha kānanāntē nilāyanakrīḍanalōlupaṃ tvām ।mayātmajaḥ prāpa durantamāyō vyōmābhidhō vyōmacharōparōdhī ॥8॥

  meaning

  Once while you were in the forest playing hide-and-seek with the cowherds, eager for that game, the demon Vyoma — the sky-traveler, the son of Maya —

• verse 9

  स चोरपालायितवल्लवेषु चोरायितो गोपशिशून् पशूंश्चगुहासु कृत्वा पिदधे शिलाभिस्त्वया च बुद्ध्वा परिमर्दितोऽभूत् ॥9॥

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  sa chōrapālāyitavallavēṣu chōrāyitō gōpaśiśūn paśūṃśchaguhāsu kṛtvā pidadhē śilābhistvayā cha buddhvā parimarditō'bhūt ॥9॥

  meaning

  disguised as a thieving cowherd among the running cowherds, he disguised himself as a thief and seized the cowherd boys and cattle and hid them in caves behind boulders — but you, perceiving it, destroyed him.

• verse 10

  एवं विधैश्चाद्भुतकेलिभेदैरानन्दमूर्च्छामतुलां व्रजस्य ।पदे पदे नूतनयन्नसीमां परात्मरूपिन् पवनेश पायाः ॥10॥

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  ēvaṃ vidhaiśchādbhutakēlibhēdairānandamūrchChāmatulāṃ vrajasya ।padē padē nūtanayannasīmāṃ parātmarūpin pavanēśa pāyāḥ ॥10॥

  meaning

  Through such various kinds of wondrous sport, causing incomparable swoons of bliss in Vraja at every step, endlessly renewing yourself — O Lord whose form is the supreme Self, the primordial wind —