Dasakam 19 Bhoomya dukham- sorrow of the earth.

Dasakam 19  Bhoomya dukham-  sorrow  of the earth.

(The earth when troubled by the heavy load of evil people went to  lOrd Brahma and who along with other devas   took her to Lord Vishnu. He told them , though  he has wiped the  hheavy burden of earth earlier  it was due to power and blessings of Goddess. And they all prayed to the Goddessand she told Lord Vishnu be born as Lord Krishna   the son pof Vasudeva and  she requested the devas and their wives to be born in earth to help Krishna. This occurs   in the chapter 18 of Book 4 of  Devi Mahathmyam)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Puraa dharaa   durjjana  bharadheena,

Samam surabhyaa vibhudaischa    devi,

Vidhim  samethya swadasam  uvacha,

Sa  chanayath   ksheera payo nidhim thaan.

1.Oh Goddess  , in olden times suffering due the  evil people,

The earth along with kama dhenu and devas 

Approached Lord Brahma and told him about her    problems

And he  took her  to  the  ocean   of milk.

2.Sthuthe  hari   padma  bhavena  sarvam,

Jnathwaa   akhilaan   sanjali  bandhamaaha,

Brahmaan surran naiva vayam swathanthraa,

Deivam baleeya kimaham karomi.

2.Lord Vishnu   who was prayed to by Lord Brama,

Understood everything, with folded   hands  in salute,

Told  all of them, “Oh Brahma, Oh devas, none of us,

Are independent as the  God called fate ,

Is very  powerful,  what can I    do  now?”

3.Devivena neethaa  khau   mathsya  korma-,

Kolaadhi   janmaaa anya vasohamaaptha ,

Nrusimha bhavaadhi bheekarthwam,

Hayaananathwaath  parihasyathaam cha.

“I was only lead by that God and took incarnations,

Of fish, tortoise  as well as  boar,

I became   the man –lion    which was  fierce,

And Hayagreeva    which was laughed at.”

4.Jatha  punar  dasaradheescha dukhaad,

Dukham gathoham   vipinantha  chaari,

Rajyam   cha nashtam    dayithaa  hruthaa may,

Pithaa  mrutho haa pLavagaa sahaya.

4.I was again  born as   son of Dasaratha,  wandered,

All around forests and was   travelling  from ,

One sorrow to other, I lost my country,

Lost my father and my wife   was  abducted,

And those   who came   to help me   where  monkeys.

5.Kruthwaa  ranam  bheemam   arim nihathya ,

Pathneem cha rajyam   cha punar graheethwaa ,

Dashtaapavasdhena   pathivruthaam thaam,

Vihaya haa   duryasasa abhishiktha.

5.I got engaged  in a fierce war , killed the enemy,

Recovered  my wife as well as  country and due to,

An evil man’s words send  out her who was virtuous 

And due to that I was anointed by notoriety. 

6Yadhi   swathanthrosmi  mamaiva marthir,

Na syaad vayam karma  kalapa  badhaa,

Saddapi  mayaa vasagaa sthathothra,

Mayyadhinadham saranam vrujaama.

6.Had I been independent such sorrows ,

Would not happen to me and  we all of us,

Are  subject to the tie  of Karma,

And servants  of Maya and so let us,

Surrender now to the Goddess  who is  beyond Maya.

7.Itheerithair bhakthi vinamra seeshair,

Nimilithakshair vibudhai   smathaa  thwaam,

Prabadha   sandhyeva   japaa   sumaangi ,

Thamo nohanthri  cha  pura  sthidha aatdha.

7.When he told  like this,  were prayed to  ,

By the devas with bent head   due to,

Devotion  and with closed eyes and you stood,

Before them like dawn, with a colour  of red  hibiscus,

And as one who would remove   the darkness   called ignorance,

8,Jaane dasaam  vo vasudeva  puthro,

Bhoothwaa  harir dusht janaan nihantha,

Thad artha sakthi rahamasya  Dadhyaa-,

Mamsena  jaayeya  cha  nanda puthri.

8.You told,  “I know about   your problems,

Lord Vishnu would be born as son of Vasudeva,

And kill all evil people and   the needed powers ,

To him would be given by me and also,

I would be born as   the daughter of Nanda gopa.”

9.Yooyam cha  sahayyamamushya  karthu-,

Mamsena  devaa  dayithaa    samethaa,

Jaayedhvamoorvyaa  jagathesthu   badraa-,

Metham  vinirdisya  thirodadhadha.

9.”Oh Devas  , you along   with your wives,

May please be born   in the earth to help him.

Let good things   happen to you.” 

Saying ths you disappeared   from there.

10.Vichitha   dushta sura bhava  bhaasra,

Nipeeditham   may hrudayam  mahesi,

Athravatheerya dhamapakuru thwam,

Mathaa hi may   they   varade  namosthu.

10.Oh great goddess  my mind is   filled up,

With several type   evil characters of the ASuras,

You please be born here   and  make them disappear,

You are my mother  , Oh Goddess  who showers,

Several boons , My   salutations to you.