SRI PADMANABHA SATAKAM

Padmanabha Satakam is a beautiful devotional poem in Sanskrit directly addressed to Lord Padmanabha, the presiding deity of the kingdom, by Maharaja Swathi Tirunal of Travancore. The significant contribution of the Maharaja to the world of Carnatic music is well-known. In Padmanabha Satakam the poet follows the style of Narayaneeyam composed by another great Sanskrit scholar and poet, Meppathur Narayana Bhattathiri. Bhattathiri has condensed Srimad Bhagavatam in 1000 slokas of unsurpassed poetic beauty and depth of devotion. Padmanabha Satakam is a more condensed version of Srimad Bhagavatam (or, we can say, of Narayeneeyam) in 100 slokas of great poetic merit where the poet has poured out his heart to his favourite deity Lord Padmanabha.

The poem is divided into 10 Daskas containing 10 slokas each. The commentator ( Sri Guruswamy) has included a brief synopsis of the contents of the Dasaka in a couplet or two which are also included in the text.

Given below is the text of dasakas 1 to 10 with a simple translation in English which, while giving the prosaic meaning, will not, by any stretch of imagination, be able to convey the beauty of expression of the original.

ौी प नाभशतकम ् ूथम ंदशकम ्िश ंद ंसदुःखात यं वृ ं च बालकम ।ु ु ्ूप नं ऽाित ह र र या दमे दशके ौतुम॥्

इ ि ु नोऽजािमल पा चाली प गला ीुवःमाक य मह ष ा ताः ष ूक ितताः ॥

In the first dasaka is told that Hari protects those who surrender themselves to Him whether they be good, bad, suffering, women, aged or children. The exampes of Indradyumna, Ajamila, Panchali, Pingala, Dhruwa and Markandeya are given in support of this assertion.

या ते पादसरोजधूिलरिनशं ॄ ा दिभिनःपहैृःभ या स नतक धरैः सकुतुकं स धायमाणा हरे |

या व ं ूपुनाित जालमिचरात सशंोषय यंहसां्सा मां ह नगणु ंपुनातु िनतरां ौी प नाभाऽ वहम ्||1||O Lord Padmanabha ! May the dust of Your lotus-feet which Brahma and others, devoid of desires, put on their bowed heads with great devotion, which purifies the whole world and soon burns up the cobweb of sins, ever purify me who is wanting in noble qualities.स वैकूवणाशया मिुनवरा वेदैः ःतुव तः परैःव माहा य पयोिनधे रहपरं ना ा प पारंगताः|एवं स यहम पबु रवशः ःतोतुं कथं श नुयांव का यमतेृ हरे तरित कः पोतं वना सागरम ्||2||

Sages of most noble qualities, singing your praise by chanting the Vedic hymns eulogising your exploits, are unable to cross, to this day, the ocean of your glory. Such being the case how can I, dull-witted and helpless, praise you enough without your grace? Who can cross the ocean without a boat?तःमा छ ध मद यमोहम खल ंससंारब धावहंभ ं व पदयो दश ःथरतरां सवापद मीिलनीम ु ् |वाणीं व पदवणने पटतमां व जना ा दनींुदे ह व पदसेवकाय ननु मे का यवारांिनधे ||3||Therefore, O Lord, cut asunder my delusion which is binding me to this samsara (cycle of births and deaths) and grant me steadfast devotion to your feet which will root out all trials and tribulations. Also grant me such power of language and speech as would vividly describe your exalted position gladdening the heart of learned men.

येनेदं भवुनं ततं ःवबलतो यःया योदे यहर-्नाथो वा यिनलो दह य प िश खः सवऽ प य निमताः|य ेदं सकल ंजग ःवजठरे ध े च क पावधौत ा वभवे विय ूमु दते कं वा दरापं नणृाम ु ् ||4||O Lord! it is by Your power this whole world is pervaded. By your command the Sun rises, the Wind blows, the Fire burns and everything is created. It is in You that everything is lodged at the end of a Kalpa. When You, of such majesty, is pleased, what cannot be attained by men?भ ानां अ खले सताथघटने ब ो मः वं हरेिन य ंख वित बो म ःत बहशो देव ूमाण ंमम ु ु |

नो चे यासवचःतवैव वचनं वेदोपगीतं वचोहा र याजनवादवत बत भवे म या रमाव लभ ् ||5||O Hari! You are always engaged in granting all the wishes of your devotees. I have a lot of evidence with me to prove this. If this be not so, the words of Vyasa, Your own words and what the Vedas say would prove to be false as the street talk of ignorant men. ई ि ु ननपृः कर िजननं ूा ोऽथ शापेन वैनबाबा तपदो वमोचनपटः नाभू सहॐ ंसमाःु |

भयूः वामयमचयन सरिसजःै शु डो तैः सादरं् ृसा यं समवाप देव भवतो नबोऽ प ग धवताम ्||6||The King Indradyumna was born as an elephant by the curse (of sage Agastya). A crocodile caught hold of him by the leg and he could not extricate himself from its grip even after (the struggle) of a thousand years. Finally, worshipping You with lotus flowers lifted up by his trunk, he attained Your form. The crocodile also was restored to its original state as a gandharva.पापः क दजािमला यधरणीदेवोऽवस सतंतंःवै र या सह काममो हतमितः वां वःमरन मु दम् |्

अ ते चा यद श भीत दयो नारायणे या मजंनीतः सोऽ प भव भटैःतवपदं सं य या यान भटान् |्|7||A brahamana, Ajamila by name, was a sinner who, deluded by lust, cohabited with a woman of easy virtue, forgetting You, the giver of liberation. At the end of his life he, frightened as he was, called his son by his name Narayana. As soon as he took the name ‘Narayana’, Your soldiers prevented the soldiers of Yama from taking him and led him to Your abode. पा चालीं नपृस नधौ खलमितः दँशासनः पु ंपणींुआकषन िचकुरेण द नवदनां वासः समा वान ् ् |यावत सा भवुनैकब धुमवशा सःमार ल जाकुला्बोश ती यतनोः पटौघममल ंतःयाः वन तं हरे ||8||The wicked Dussasana caught hold of Panchali and dragged her by her locks to the court of King Dhrutarashtra. Helplessness was writ large on her face. She was having her monthly period and in this condition Dussasana started disrobing her. Utterly helpless, she cried out her heart to You, shamed by the violation of her modesty. O Hari! You did hear her prayer and provide her with unending yards of spotless clothing rescuing her from such a terrible ordeal. यामाधन तु प गला तव पदं ूा ा ह वारा गना

बालः प चवयोयुतो ीुवपदं चौ ानपा दगतः|यात ा प मकृ डुमौिनतनयः शौरे िचरं जी वतंनाहं व ु िमह मःतव कृपाल यं शुभ ंूा णनाम|्|9||The prostitute Pingala attained your feet in an hour and a half. Dhruva, a boy of five years, attained the Dhruvapada by his tapas. Markandeya became a chiranjeevi ( of eternal life) by Your grace (though he was destined to die young). I am incapable of recounting the blessings human beings can derive by Your grace and compassion. एवं भ जनौघक पकत ं तं वां भज तः णंपा प ा अ प मु मागममल ंके के न याता वभो|स वं माम प तावक नचरणे भ ं वधायानतंःयान दरपुरेश पालय मदुा तापा ममापाकु ू ||10||You are the wish-yielding tree for Your devotees. By loving devotion to You, even for a few seconds sinners have taken to the pure path of liberation. O Lord of Syanandurapura! make me also a humble devotee at Your feet, be pleased to save me and remove my sufferings.

तीयं दशकम ्भगव रेकैव िनयान ूदाियनी ।लेशूशमनी यु ं तीये दशके ःफुटम ॥्

In the second dasaka it is clearly stated that only devotion to the Lord is capable of giving one continuous happiness and destroying all sorrows and sufferings.

पब त ये व च रतामतृौघंःमर त पं तव व र यम|्

हर त काल ंच सह वद यैःम येऽऽ तान माधव ध यध यान् |्|1||Those who drink the nectar of Your doings (leelas), meditate on Your all-enchanting form and spend their time in the company of Your devotees are the ones whom O Madhava! I consider to have achieved the highest goal of their lives. सदा ूस ां वषयेंवशा तांमितं मद यां जगदेकब धो|तवैव का यवशा ददानींस मागगां ूेरय वासदेुव||2||O Vasudeva! by Your grace inspire my mind, which is always attached to the pleasures of the senses and is devoid of peace, to tread the path of goodness. शौ भव मिूत वलोकलोलेौतुी च ते चा कथाूस े |

करौ च ते पूजनब तृं णौवधे ह िन यं मम पंकजा ||3||

O Lotus-eyed One! let my eyes take pleasure in seeing Your form always. Let my ears revel in

hearing the stories of Your exploits and my hands thirst for worshipping You daily . नणृां भव पादिनषेवण ंतुमहौषधं ससंिृतरोगहार |

तदेव मे पंकजनाभ भयूात ्व माययामो हत मानसःय ||4||

Taking refuge at Your feet is the medicine to cure the disease of this samsara, cycle of births and deaths. O Padmanabha! let that be so with me whose mind is deluded by Your Maya. यद ह भ ःतवपादप ेःथरा जनानाम खलाितह ऽी |

तदा भवे मु रहो करःथाधमाथकामाः कम ुवणनीयाः ||5||Steadfast devotion to Your lotus-feet will free human beings from all afflictions. For them even liberation will be at hand, what to talk of other things like dharma( virtue), artha (wealth) and kama (pleasures of the senses). वेदो दतािभोतस बयािभ-नँय यघौघो न ह वासना तु |

व पादसेवा हरित यं तत ्तःमात ःथरा सवै ममाःतु िन यम ् ् ||6||By observing the vows and performing the rites propounded in the Vedas one can be absolved of one’s sins. But one will still be dogged by his vasanas, the impressions left on one’s mind by past behaviour and actions. But loving devotional service at Your feet will destroy one’s sins and root out the vasanas. Grant me that I am steadfastly devoted to Your lotus-feet.वद यनामःमिृतर यकःमात ्धुनोितपापौघमसशंयं तत ्|

य त गदानौषधमाशु ह त्यथा कृशानुभु व दा कूटम ्||7||There is no doubt that even accidental remembrance of Your names washes away all one’s sins just like medicine curing the disease and the fire burning a bundle of firewood. (Taking the medicine and setting the fire may be accidental, not intentional. But they will still do their job).य त ःमरन ूो झित देहमेतत् ् ्ूयाणकाले ववशोऽऽ देह |

त कला नोित यद यभावेतःमा वैव ःमिृतरःतु िन यम ्||8||At the time of death whatever one remembers, visualises mentally, will determine the type of body the soul will take in its next birth. Therefore grant me that my mind is ever engaged in remembering and contemplating Your form. अनेकधमान ूचर मनुंयः्नाके नु भु े सखुम यलीकम ्|

तःयावधौ सपंततीहभमूौव सेवको जातु न व युतः ःयात ्||9||

Man attains and enjoys the pleasures of Heaven as the fruit of meritorious actions done by him on Earth. Eventually, however, he returns to Earth when the fruits of his good deeds have been exhausted. But Your devotee never returns to this mortal world after attaining You.तःमात समःताितहरं जनानां्ःवपादभाजां ौिुतसारमृ यम ्|

तवा पं प रपूणस वंरमामनोहा र वभातु िच े ||10||Therefore I pray that your form, which has enthralled the heart of Lakshmi, which banishes all cares and worries of devotees, which is sought after by the Vedas and which is of pure sattwa guna, should always shine in the heart of my heart.

ऽतीयं दशकम ्ऽतीय दशके र ये यानापे तमु मम ।्पम पदा द केशा तं प नाभःय व यते ॥्

In the beautiful third dasaka the captivating form of Lord Pamanabha is described in detail from foot-to-head to help the devotee in meditation.

दनमनुपदयु म ंभावयेयं मरुारेकुिलशशफरमु यै हते चा िच हैः|नखम ण वधुद या वःत योगी िचेतोगतितिमरसमहंू पाटलांभोजशोभम ्||1||O Lord ! daily do I mentally visualise Your feet, beautiful as the red lotus flower and bearing the marks of kulisha, fish etc and which dispel the crowd of darkness in the heart of Yogis by the moon-like brightness of the nails. यद दतजलधारा पावनी ज क याु ुपुरिभद प महा मा यां बभित ःवमू ना |

भजुगशयनत पे मजंमुजंीरयु ंमहुर प द सेवे पादप ंमनो म ु ् ||2||I again visualise in my heart your beautiful lotus-feet which is placed on the serpent-bed of Adishes, which is adorned with beautiful anklets and from which has sprung the Ganga which Lord Siva has placed on his head.मरुहर तव जघें जानुयु म ंच सेवेद रतहर तथो मसंलौ चा शोभौ ु |

कनक िचरचेलेनावतृौ देव िन यंभवुन दयमोहं स यगाशं य नूनम ्||3||

I visualise Your legs and the knees and also thighs which are fleshy and attractive. The latter are always covered with golden-hued clothes lest people seeing them are enthralled (by their beauty). म णगणयुतका चीदाम स क कणीिभःमखुरतमममेयं भावये म यदेशम ्|

िन खलभवुनवास ःथानम य कु ंमहुर जत िनषेवे सादरं प नाभ ु ||4||I see before my mind’s eye Your diamond-studded waist-band tinkling with tiny bells attached to them. I also meditate on Your matchless middle and Your stomach which accommodates within itself all the worlds, O Padmanabha.भवहरण तथा ौीव सयु ं च व ोवलसद णभास ंकौःतुभेनांग क ठम ्|

म णवलययुतं ते बाहयु म ंच सेवेुदनुजकुल वनाशायो तं सतंतं यत ्||5||O Destroyer of samsara! I salute your chest with its srivatsa mark, your neck adorned with Kaustubha of lustrous red colour and your hands, wearing diamond-studded bangles, always ready to be raised for destroying the hordes of demons. वरद जलिधपु या साधु पीतामतृं तेवधरिमह भजेऽहं चा बंबा णाभम ्|

वमलदशनपं ं कु दस कु मलाभांमकरिनभ वराज कु डलो लािस ग डम ्||6||Salutations to your lips, red as the bimba fruit, the nectar of which is tasted by your consort Lakshmi, to your spotless row of teeth resembling buds of jasmine flower and to your cheeks adorned with ear-rings shaped like fish.ितलकुसमुसमानां नािसकां चा सेवेग डगमन िच यौ दपकेंवासतु यौ |

मगृमदकृतपु सं तावकं फालदेशंकु टलमलकजाल ंनाथ िन यं िनषेवे ||7||O Rider of Garuda ! I worship, daily, your nose shaped as the flower of the sesame plant, your brows resembling the bow of Kamadeva (Cupid), Your forehead adorned with kasturi tilak and dark curly hair playing on it.सजलजलदनील ंभावये केशजालंम णमकुटमदु च कॊ टसयूूकाशम ्|

पुनरनघ मितं मे देव स को य यु जेतव वदनसरोजे म दहासे मनो े ||8||I meditate on your locks, dark as thick clouds rich with water and your diamond-studded crown as bright as the combined brightness of many Suns. I then finally engage my mind, O Unblemished One, on your beautiful face and the bewitching smile playing on it.

िग रधर तव पं ई शं व र यं

मम वहरतु िन यं मानसांभोज म ये |

मनिसजशतका तं म जमुाधुयसारंसततम प विच यं योिगिभः य मोहैः||9||O Giridhar !(the One who lifted up the hill Govardhan), may this form of yours, which is beautiful to behold for the whole world, as attractive as a hundred Cupids combined, the very essence of beauty and sweetness, ever revel at the centre of my heart-lotus.अथ भवुनपतेऽहं सगवृ बम ंवैकम प कम प व ुं ूारभे द नब धो|परपु ष तदथ व कृपा सपंते म-यकृत सकृुतजालदैलभा पंकजा ु ||10||

O Lord of the worlds! I am now beginning to narrate, in whatever manner, the sequence in which creation took place. To accomplish this I need your grace which is hard to get for those who have not done many meritorious deeds.

चतुथ दशकम ्चतुथ दशके ूो ं ॄ णः सृ पाटवम।्अितद घ तपोल ध प नाभूसादजम ॥्In the fourth dasaka is described the creativity and dexterity of Brahma acquired by the grace of Lord Padmanabha as a result of long and difficult austerities (tapas) observed by the former.

तावकनािभसरोजात जातो धाता समःतवेदमयः ् |

शंसित सकलो लोको यं कल हर यगभ इित||1||From your navel-lotus Brahma, the embodiment of all the Vedas, was born. All the worlds refer to him as Hiranyagarbhaतदनु स व ःमतचेताः चतसषृु द ुसाधु सपंँयन ्|

समगाद युत तूण चतुराननतािमहा नयनयुताम ्||2||With wonderment in his heart he looked around all the four directions and soon developed, in his body, four faces and eight eyes.ं वा कमल ंसोऽयं त मलूां तव तनुं वस पँयन ्|

कोऽहं िनँशरणॊऽहं कःमादजनीित देव िचंिततवान ्||3||Brahma saw the lotus but could not see Your body from which it had sprung. He pondered over who he was, so helpless, and from whom he was born.ातुं त वं सोऽयं सरिसजनाला वना वधो ग वा |

योगबलेन मनो ां तवतनुम खलेश ना यपँयदहो ||4||To find out the Truth, he went down and down, by his yogic powers, through the hole in the stalk of the Lotus but alas! he could not find your beautiful form. ताव खत दयः पुनर प च िनवृ य पूवव जलजे ु |

तावक क णािम छन चबे समािधमिय भगवन ् ् ||5||Disheartened, he came back again to the Lotus and, seeking Your grace, went into deep samadhi.

व सरशतकःया ते ढतरतपसा प र वधूत दयमलः |

स विधरपँयत ःवा ते सआूमतया तव तनुं तु सभुगतमाम ् ् ||6||At the end of a hundred years, his heart rid of all impurities by intense penance, Brahma had, in his heart, the subtle vision of your beautiful form पुन रह तेन नुतः वं श मदाःतःय भवुनिनमाणे |

पूव वसजृ सोऽयं ःथावरजगंममयं तु सकलजत ्||7||Again, prayed by Brahma, You gave him the power to create the worlds. Brahma, to start with, created the whole of moving and non-moving entities of the world.सनकमखुान मिुनवयान मनसा सजृत तवांियरत दयान् ् ् |्

सृ ौ तु ते िनयु ाः जगहृवाणीं न वैधसीं भमून ु ् ||8||Brahma, by his mind, created the sages Sanaka and others. He prompted them to engage themselves in the creation of the world but they did not heed his words as their hearts ever delighted in your lotus-feet alone.अगंादभवंःतूण नारदमु या मनुी राःतःय |

मनुशत पा मासौ मानुषसृ ंचकार कमलभवः ||9||From the body of Brhama were born sages, the chief among whom was Narada. Also, he created, from his body, the very first couple, Manu and Satarupa, from whom proceeded creation of human beings. सग ःथितलयमलू ंसरुमिुनजालरैमेयम हमानम ्|

तं वामेव ूणमन मदुमतुलाम प नाभ कलयािम ् ् ||10||O Padmanabha! You are the very first cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution of the worlds. Your greatness cannot be measured by all the devas and the rishis. Bowing to you alone I experience supreme happiness in my heart.

पंचम ंदशकम ्

प चमे प नाभःय दशके म गलूदाः।म ःय-कूम-वराहाणामवताराः ूक ितताः ॥In the fifth dasaka are described the auspicious incarnations of the Lord as the fish, the tortoise and the boar.

भवुो भारं हतु िनयतमवतारांःतु भवतोिनयु े व ुं माम प जडिधयं भ रधुना |

तदथ कृ वा मामनुपम पटं पालय हरेुभव पादांभोजूवण दयं देव सदयम ्||1||O Lord! devotion prompts me, though I am dull-witted, to describe your incarnations in this world to take the load off Mother Earth. Please therefore give me the skills to do this and take care of me whose heart is always immersed in contemplating your lotus-feet.हयमीवा येन ऽदश रपुणा वेदिनवहेते िनिाणःयांबु हजनुषो ह त वदनात ्|

िनह तुं द ंतं विन हतमितः वं पु दयाु -पयोिधःतूण वै दिधत बत मा ःयं कल वपुः ||2||The asura named Hayagriva, enemy of the devas, snatched away the Vedas from the mouth of Brahma when the latter was sleeping. You, the ocean of compassion, made up your mind to kill him and donned the body of a fish for this purpose.

नद तोये सतंपयित कल स योतनपेृभवान ो हःते परमतनु वैसा रणवपुः ् |

ततो िन ये कूपं पुनर प तटाकं च त टनींमहा धं तेनाहो सप द ववधेृ तावक वपुः ||3||While the King Satyavrata was offering tarpan in the waters of a river, You were seen as a tiny fish in his cupped hands filled with water. The king put him in a well. Then You, in the body of the fish, started growing bigger and bigger. So you were put in a lake, then in a river and finally in the great ocean. ततःतं भपूाल ंूलयसमयालोकनपरंमनुी िान स ा प िततर णमारो य च भवान ् ् |समाकषन ब ां िनज वपुलशृंगे पुन रमां्मदुा ते यः सदंिशतभवुनभागः समचरत ्||4||You put the king, who was desirous of seeing the deluge, along with the seven rishis, on a boat which was the Earth itself tied to your huge horn. Dragging the Earth-boat, You coursed through the flood waters, showing the occupants the different parts of the world. पुनःसं य वं िनजप षशृंगेण दितजंणा ेदान ूादा मु दतमनसे देव वधये ् |

तथाभतूाऽमेय ूणतजन सौ या यद हरेमदुा पा ह वं मां सरिस हनाभाऽ खल गरुो ||5||You then killed the demon with your huge sharp horn and restored the Vedas to a happy Brahma. Such is your generosity to those who bow to you, the One with the lotus in the navel and the Teacher of all. Please be kind enough to take care of me.वहंः वं म थानं कमठवपुषा म दरिग रंदधानः पा ण यां ःवयम प वरऽां फ णपितम ्|

सरेु यः संू ादाः वमतृिमह म न कल जवात ्हरे द धांभोधेः सप द कमलाऽजायत ततः ु ||6||Donning the body of a tortoise and lifting the Mandara mountain on your back as the agitator and carrying Vasuki, the serpent, in your hands as the churning rope, You churned the Milky Ocean and obtained nectar for the devas. From the Milky Ocean was born Goddess Lakshmi. ततो िन ा वै सप द वरणॐक खल ुतया्भव क ठे माऽा िन खल भवुनानां सकुतुकम ्|

पपौ व ूी यथ सप द बत हालाहल वषं

िगर शः ूादाः वं सरुत गजाद िन हरये ||7||Lakshmi, the Mother of the worlds, happily placed the nuptial garland around Your neck. Lord Siva, to please you, drank the poison thrown up by the ocean during the churning process. You gave the wish-yielding tree, Airavata the elephant etc. to Indra.पुरा ते ाःथौ ौ सनकमखुशापेन तु गतौहरे सविन ंखल ुदनुजज माितक ठनम ्|

तयोॅाता द ो मरुहर कनीयान वरबलातु ् ्हर या ो नाम ितिमह जले म जयदसौ ||8||

Once upon a time, the two palace guards of Vaikunta, were cursed by Sanaka and other sages to take asura-birth despised by all and beset with difficulties. The younger of the two named Hiranyaksha was wicked and, using his immense power earned by his intense tapas, he submerged the Earth in the flood waters.मह ं म नां ं वा तदनु मनुना से वतपदात ्वधेनासारंीात समभवदहो सकूरिशशुः ् |

ततो दै यं ह वा परम म हतः पीवरतनुःभवान िन ये भिूम ंसकल वनुत ूा नदशाम ् ् ||9||Seeing the Earth submerged, Manu sought help from Brahma from whose nostrils You emerged as the young one of a boar. The boar assumed a gigantic form and, after killing the asura, returned the Earth to its earlier state. वधेन ःवॅातुः परमकु पतो दानववरोहर यूारंभः किशपु रह मोहाकुलमितः|वजेतुं वां सोऽयं िन खलजगदाधारवपुषंूित ां चाकाष नुसतुसभाम यिनलयः||0||Extremely angered by the killing of his brother and confused by delusion, Hiranya Kashipu vowed, in the midst of the assembly asuras, to vanquish you the substratum of all the worlds.

SRI PADMANABHA SATAKAM (DASAKAS 6-10)Padmanabha Satakam is a beautiful devotional poem in Sanskrit directly addressed to Lord Padmanabha, the presiding deity of the kingdom, by Maharaja Swathi Tirunal of Travancore. The significant contribution of the Maharaja to the world of Carnatic music is well-known. In Padmanabha Satakam the poet follows the style of Narayaneeyam composed by another great Sanskrit scholar and poet, Meppathur Narayana Bhattathiri. Bhattathiri has condensed Srimad Bhagavatam in 1000 slokas of unsurpassed poetic beauty and depth of devotion. Padmanabha Satakam is a more condensed version of Srimad Bhagavatam (or, we can say, of Narayeneeyam) in 100 slokas of great poetic merit where the poet has poured out his heart to his favourite deity Lord Padmanabha.The poem is divided into 10 Daskas containing 10 slokas each. The commentator ( Sri Guruswamy) has included a brief synopsis of the contents of the Dasaka in a couplet or two which are also included in the text.Given below is the text of dasakas 6 to 10 with a simple translation in English which, while giving the prosaic meaning, will not, by any stretch of imagination, be able to convey the beauty of expression of the original. ष म दशमक् ्क यते ष दशके हरे रतम तम ।ु ्

नारिसहंं वामनं च जामद यं च पावनम ॥्

In the sixth dasaka are described the auspicious incarnations of the Lord as Narasimha, Vamana and Parasurama

पुऽोऽःय वै समजनीह तवांियभ ःू ाद इ यिभमतः खल ुस जनानाम ्|

तं त पता परमद मित यरौ सीतु ्व से वनं किमह दंकरमीश पापैःु || 1||

To him was born a son, Prahlada, a great devotee of Yours and recognised as such by all good people. His father Hiranya Kasipu tried to restrain him, in all manner of ways, from his loving devotion to You. What evil deeds are not within the purview of the evil-minded? भयूोऽ प सोऽथ जगद र गभवासेौीनारदेन मिुननो भव ूभावः |

शुौाव नो जनकवा यमसौ तदानींत ूे रतैगु जनैर प िश त ||2||Prahlada had heard about Your glories from Narada while still in the womb of his mother Kayadhu. He, therefore, did not heed his father’s words even after being tutored by his teachers prompted by Hiranya Kasipu. ं वा पताऽःय िनजपुऽमितं वकंपांव पादप युगलादित चेताः |

शूलै द गजगणरै प द तशूकैःएनं िनह तुिमह य शतं चकार ||3||Seeing that Prahlada’s mind was firmly established in Your lotus-feet, his father became exceedingly angry. He made a hundred attempts to kill Prahlada, using weapons like tridents, animals like elephants and even snakes. सोऽयं ढं तव कृपाकवचावतृांगःनो क चदाप कल देह जामनंत |

कःते बल ंखल वदे यथ देव पृ ोलोकऽयःय तु बल ंह र र यवाद त ्|| 4||Prahlada, strongly protected by the armour of Your compassion and grace, did not experience any bodily pain or discomfort whatsoever. When questioned by his father about the power which was protecting him, Prahlada replied that Hari was the power behind all the three worlds.ःतंभे वघ टयित कुऽह रःतवेितपं ततः समभव वघोरघोरम ् |

नो वा मगृा म न नरा म च िसहंनाद-सऽंािसता खल जग नकरा तरालम ् ||5||

Asking where his Hari was, Hiranya Kasipu struck a pillar with his mace and from it emerged the most terrible form of Yours, half-lion and half-human, your roar reverberating through the worlds and terrifying their inhabitants.तूण ूगृ दनुज ंू णपा य चोरौव ो वदाय नखरैः िधरं िनपीय |

पादा बुजकैिनरतःय तु बालकःयकायाधवःय िशरिस ःवकरं याधाः वम ्||6||You quickly caught hold of the asura, pushed him on to your thighs , tore open his chest with your nails and drank his blood. Then You put your hands on the head of child Prahlada as a token of your blessing.

एवं ःवभ जनकािमतदानलोलिनलप िनगणु िनर ह समःतमलू |

मां पा ह तावक पदा जिन व िच ंौीप नाभ परपूरष ते नमोऽःतु ||7||O Padmanabha, the Supreme Being, I bow to you who is always eager to grant the wishes of your devotees and who is unattached, beyond gunas and actions, and the source of everything. Kindly take care of me whose mind is always engaged in the contemplation of your lotus-feet.ो भवान दितजो वट पधारु

दै यािधपेन बिलना िनज य गेहे |

पृ तेन कम ुवा झिस बालकेितपादऽयी ूिमतभिूमतल ंययाचे || 8||You were born as the son of Aditi and seen in the yagashala of Bali, the King of the Asuras, in the form of a brahmachari (celibate). Asked by Bali what You wanted, You asked for three feet of land measured by Your own foot. यु मेन देव चरणःय तु सवलोकेपूण ततृीयचरण ं ववशः ूदातुम ्|

ब दे ह मम मू न ततृीयपादंइ यॄवीत गतमदोऽनुगहृ त एषः ् ||9||You measured all the worlds in two steps and Bali, unable to provide the third foot, bound and his egotism completely deflated, requested you to put the third step on his bowed head. Blessed indeed is Bali, who thus surrendered everything to You.जातोऽिस देव जमद नसतुो महा मावं रेणकुा जठर ई र भागवा यः |

श भुू साद सगुहृ तवरा जालःकृ ा खला रिनकरो कुठारपा णः ||10||You were born as Bhargava, a great soul, as the son of Maharshi Jamadagni and his consort Renuka Devi. By the grace of Lord Siva you acquired divine weapons and axed the horde of your enemies to death.

स म ंदशकम ्ौीरामच रतं र यं पु यं पापूणाशनम ।्स मे दशके भ या व यते रामवमणा ॥

In the seventh dasaka Rama Varma, with great love and devotion, decribes the story of Rama which is beautiful, purifying and capable of wiping out all sins.

या ञािभः वं खल ु द वषदां रावणोपितानांुपुऽीयें या फल वलिसतं मानवे देव वंशे |

जातो रामो दशरथनपृा लआमणेनानुजेनॅाऽा यु ो वरद भरतेनाथ शऽु न ना ना || 1||By the entreaties of the devas persecuted by Ravana, You took birth as the son of King Dasaratha of the dynasty of Manu, along with brothers Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna as the result of Putrakameshti yagna performed by the king.धृ वाचापं सहजस हतः पालयन कौिशक यं्य ंमार चमखुसमुहारा से यः परं वम ् |

कृ वाऽह यां चरणरजसा गौतमःयेश प ींिभ वा शैवं धनुरथ तदा ल धवां ा प सीताम ्||2||Armed with your bow and accompanied by your brother Lakshmana, You guarded the yagna performed by Viswamitra from the demons led by Maricha. You purified, by the dust of your feet, wife of Gautama and, breaking the bow of Siva, won the hand of Sita. म येमागागत भगृपुितं देव ज वाऽित ंभयूो ग वा परम नगर ं ःवामयो यां वसःं वम ्|

कैकेयीवा ॅिमतमनसो ह त तातःय वाचाय वा रा यं व पनमगमो दः खताशेषलोकः ु ||3||

You conquered an angry Parasurama who crossed your path and returned to Ayodhya. You abandoned the kingdom and went into the forest plunging your subjects in sorrow in order to honour the words of Your father whose mind was distressed and confused because of Kaikeyi’s utterances.ग वाऽर यं सह दियतया चाथ सौिम ऽणा वंगगंां ती वा ससुखुमवसत िचऽकूटा यशैले ् |

तऽ ौु वा भरतवचनात तातमृ युं वष णः्तःम ैूादा वरद धर ण ंपादकां चा मनः वम ु ् ||4||Proceeding to the forests along with your wife and Lakshmana, You crossed the Ganga and happily lived in the Chitrakoota hills. There you were grieved to hear the news of your father’s death from Bharata to whom you gave the kingdom and also your padukas (footwear). भयूो ह वा िनिशचरवरान िाक वराधा दकांः वं् ्कंुभो तेन खल ुमिुनना द द या जालः ू |

ॅातृ छ न ौवण वनद छपण या वचोिभःू

वायातांःतान खरमखुमहारा सान ूावधी ् ् || 5||Putting to death many other rakshasas like Viradha and acquiring many divine weapons from sage Agastya, you killed the great rakshasas led by Khara who had come to fight after hearing the wails of Surpananakha whose ears had been cut off by Lakshmana.मार चं तं कनकह रणछ नायातमारात ्जायावा यादलमनुगतः ूावधीः सायकेन |

ताव मन कपटयितवेषोऽथ लकंािधनाथःू ्सीतां देवीमहरत तदा दः खता माऽभवः वम ु ् ||6||At the request of Sita, You pursued Maricha who had come in the guise of a golden deer and finally killed him by a single arrow. In the interval when You were away, Ravana, disguised as a sanyasi, abducted Sita leaving You grievingं वा लकें र विनहतं तातिमऽं जटायुंतःयाऽथ वम वरद कृतवान ूेतकाय वष णः् ् |

ःतऽाऽनुपम भवता मा ितभ वयःभयूःतु ः सरसमकरोः साधु समुीवस यम ्|| 7||Seeing Jatayu, a friend of Dasratha, killed by Ravana You performed his after-death rites. There You met Hanuman, a great devotee of Yours, and, at his instance, happily entered into a friendship pact with Sugreevaिछ वा सालान सरसिमषुणा स सं यान णेन् ्याजेन वं बत िनहतवान वािलनं शबसनूुम ् ् |भयूोऽ वे ु ंजनकतनयां द ुसंू ेंय क शान ्समुीवो ान पवनजकरे द वां ांगलुीयम ् ् ||8||You cut down, easily and instantly, seven huge sal trees by a single arrow and killed Vali, the son of Indra, by stealth (hiding behind a tree). You sent out the monkeys of Sugriva in search of Sita in all directions and gave your ring in the hands of Hanuman (to be given to Sita when she was found). ं वा सीतां िनिशचरगहेृ तावकं देव वृ ंकृ ःनं तू वा य दत भवते मा ितम िलर म ्|

तु ःतावत कल जलिनधौ बाण वऽािसते वं्सेतुं ब वा िनिशचरपुरं यातवान प नाभ ् || 9 ||Having found Sita in Ravana’s palace and having apprised her of Your endeavours to reclaim her, Hanuman returned and gave you the Chudamani of Sita (as evidence of having met Sita) upon which you were extremely happy. The Lord of the ocean, frightened by your arrows, allowed You to bridge the ocean and cross over to Lanka, the city of Ravana.ह वा यु े कल दशमखुं देव सामा यब धुंसीतां गृ न प र तमलां पुंपके राजमानः ् |

ूा यायो यां ह रवरिनषादे ियु ोऽिभ ष ःऽाताशेषो र हतदियत ागमोऽ ते ःविधं यम ्||10||You killed Ravana along with his ministers and relatives, accepted Sita purified by fire, reached Ayodhya by Pushpak and were crowned along with Sugreeva and Vibheeshana. Finally, protecting all, You returned to your abode without your consort.

अ कं दशकम ्आ मे बलभिःय ौीकृंणःय परा मनः।सभंवो दशके द यः क यते किलनाशनः ॥In the eighth dasaka the divine births of Balarama and Krishna, the Paramatman, are described

which will remove all the evils of this Kaliyuga

देवद जनौघभरेण याकुलाऽथ वसधुा बुजयोिनं ु |

ूा य देविनकरैः िौतपादं ःवीयतापिमह स यगवुाच ||1||Unable to bear the burden of wicked men, Vasudha (Earth) approached Brahma, who was already surrounded by the devas (in this connection), and poured out her worries and fears in detail. प भरूथ िनश य च तापं िच तयन सप द देव भव तम ् ् |युंमद य सकलािधहरः ौीप नाभ इित तानवद सः ||2||Having heard Vasudha’s problems, Brahma thought of you and told Vasudha and others that only Lord Padmanabha could remove their sorrows भयू ए य तव म दरमेते ह नपु यिनकरैरनवा यम ्|

तु ुवुः स वबुधो ि हणः वां तापमा कथयत वसधुायाः ु ् ||3||Coming to your abode which is unapproachable by those deficient in Punya (fruit of meritorious deeds), Brahma sang your praises and explained the cause of Earth’s worries.सभंवािम तरसा यदवंशे यादवाः कल भव वह देवाःु |

एवमीश किथते तव वा ये वेधसा कल सरुा मदुमापन ्||4||“I will soon take birth in the dynasty of Yadus. Let the devas take birth as Yadavas“ – On hearing these words of Yours conveyed by Brahma, devas felt very happy. रो हणी जठरतः कल जातः ूेरणा व परं व हराजः |

वं च व गत क मषहार देवक जठरमाशुिन व ः ||5||From the womb of Rohini was born, prompted by you, Adisesha. You, the purifier of the worlds, also soon entered the womb of Devaki.अधराऽसमये तु भव तं देवक ूसषुुवेऽिधकध या|शंखचबकमलो गदाभी रा जताित िचबाहचतुंकम ु ् ||6||At midnight Devaki, greatly fulfilled, gave birth to You, resplendent with four hands carrying the conch, the disc, the lotus and the mace.तावद श सकलो बत लोको तु माप तमतेृ कल कंस ं|

अ मः कल सतुोऽथ भिग याःत धं कलयतीित च वा यात ्||7||Then the whole world was filled with joy except Kamsa as it had been predicted by the invisible voice that the eighth child of his sister Devaki would kill him.बांपपूणनयनो वसदुवो नीतवान ोजपदेऽथ भव तं ् |

तऽ न दसदने कल जातामं बकामनयदा मिनकेतम ्||8||Eyes filled with tears, Vasudeva took You to the house of Nanda in Vraja, and took the girl baby (an incarnation of Ambika ) born there to his house

.कंस ए य कल सिूतगहेृ ते क यकां तु शियतां स िनशा य |

नूनमेवम जतःय तु माया सेयिम ययमतु मयासीत ्|| 9 ||Kamsa came to the delivery room and, seeing a little girl there, concluded that it was the Maya of Ajita (Vishnu) and was not pleased at all.तूणमेष िनधने िनरतांःते पूतनाशकटधेनुकमु यान ्|

ूा हणोद जत! म दमितःतान दंकरं किमह वःमतृपापैः ् ु ||10||Soon the dull-witted Kamsa ordered Putana, Sakata, Dhenuka and others to kill all newly born babies. What is beyond the purview of those who have forgotten what sin is

नवम ंदशकम ्नवमे दशके कृंणाच रतं परमा तम ।ु ्क कवृ ंभ वंय च पावनं ूितपा ते ॥In the ninth dasaka is told the most wonderful life history of Krishna and the incarnation of Kalki which is yet to come.

एवं घोषे वराज यिय भवित जग नेऽपीयूषमतूद ा कािच नशाचयथ समिधगता चा यो ष ःव पा ु |

ःत यं दातुं कुचाम ंतवमखुजलजे देव िच ेप यावत ्तावत ीरं सजीवं कपटिशशुरहो पीतवांः वं णेन ् || 1||When you, nectar for the eyes of the whole world, were growing up in Vraja, a wicked demoness came there in the guise of a beautiful woman (with the idea of killing you by suckling you with poisioned breasts). As soon as she placed the nipple of her breast in your month You, the child in guise, sucked in her life along with the milk.भयूः शौरे ोजे वै शकटदनुसतु ूा वान सं तोयं्वाता मा दानव ू वतत धरणीभारनाशेन कृ ः|ं वैवं ते मह वं दनुज ितचण ंता शीं बाललीलांव माया मो हत वात बत पशुपा वःमयम मोदमापन ् ् ् ||2||

Again, it was Sakatasura who came to Vraja and was killed (by the child Krishna who kicked him to pieces). The Wind-Asura was also killed by you, the destroyer of the load on Earth. Seeing that killing these demons was child’s play for you the cowherds, deluded by your Maya, were overcome by wonderment and happiness.न दः पँयन कदािचत िनजिनलयगतं यादवाचायवय् ्गग ते कारयामास च विधवदसौ नाम कृंणेित तेन |

रामा यां सोदरे ते मिुनरथ कलयन वैभवं च वद यं्न दा द यः ूशंसन िनजपदिमह संू ा वान भ वयः ् ् ||3||Seeing that Garga, the Acharya for the Yadavas, had come to his house, Nanda arranged for the performance of your naming ceremony according to the Sastras. You were named Krishna and your brother was named Rama by the sage, a loving devotee of yours, who praised your greatness to Nanda and others and returned to his place.

ंमाऽा समःतं जग दह वदने मृ काभ ण ंते

याकु य या िशशूनामथ वचनवशा क वतो ह त िचऽम ्|

भयूःतूण भवान मगंलगणु गतवा देव वृ दावनं तत् ्युंमत गाऽो शोभा ूतुिलत यमनुातीरसःंथं मनो म ् ् ||4||When children reported to your mother that you had swallowed mud, she was worried and looked into your mouth where she saw, wonder of wonders, the whole of this created world. Soon after this You, the repository of all auspicious qualities, moved to Vrindavan situated on the banks of the Yamuna the colour of whose waters matched the dark colour of your body. व याशं व यधीशे कलयित तरसा ौीधराहो व र चोगोपान व सान वद यानहरदिय वभो तावदेव ःव पं ् ् |

सं याह नं परं वाम प कबलधरं वीआय संॅ ा तचेताःव पादा जे पित वा महुर प भगव नःतवीद युतं वाम ु ् ||5||

When you the Lord of Lakshmi were picnicing in the forest along with cowherd boys, Brahma, (desirous of seeing your maya), abducted your calves and the cowherd boys. You, the Lord of all, yourself became countless calves and cowherds and continued the picnic with the eatables on your palm (as if nothing had happened). Brahma was utterly confused and, falling at your feet again and again, praised you, the immutable Lord. सप तोये िनम नं परमसकुु टल ंकािलयं वीआय शौरेनृ यन नृ यन फणे वं तदनु गतमदं चाकरोःतं गतं च ् ् |

भयूः व ेणगुानाद जत! जगदल ंमो हतं सवमासीत ्यो ष च ापहारे िनपुणिमदिमित ौीश! कं वणनीयम ्||6||The crooked serpent Kaliya, living submerged in the Yamuna, poisoned its waters. Seeing this you jumped on its hoods and started a beautiful dance. Broken in body by your weight and his arrogance softened, he was made to leave Yamuna. In the days that followed You played, on your flute, melodious songs which kept the whole world spell-bound. What else is to be said about this except that the melody of your flute was powerful enough to steal the hearts of cowherd women.धृ वा गोवधनं वं िग रमलमतनोः वासवं वीतगवयो ष ः वं सलील ंरजिनषु कृतवान रासकेिल ंमनो ां ् |

भ ा यं गा दनेयं तव खल ुिनकटे ूेषयामास कंसःह वेभे िं च म लान यदवर सबलो मातुल ंचावधीः वम ् ्ु ||7||Lifting up the Govardhana hill (on the little finger of your left hand), You deflated the conceit of Indra. You performed the beautiful rasa dance with the cowherd women (on the banks of the Yamuna) on several moonlit nights. Kamsa sent Akroora, one of your devotees, to invite you to the dhanuryagna where You killed the elephant Kuvalayapeeda, the wrestlers Malla and Chanoora and finally Kamsa himself.ग वा सा द पिनं वं कितपय दवसःै ातवा सव व ाःकृ वा रा ये नरे िं वमलतमगणु ंचोमसेनं जवेन |

राजानं धमसनूुं चरणरतमवन चै मु या दह ता्म या योषायुत बहविनता ारमो ारकायाम ु ् ||8||

At the hermitage of Sandeepani you learned all that was to be learned in a few days. You crowned Ugrasena, of sterling qualities, as the King, helped Dharmaputra, who was devoted to your feet, perfrom the Rajasuya sacrifice and killed the wicked Sisupala and others of his ilk. You merrily spent

your days in Dwaraka along with eight married wives with Rukmini at their head and several thousand other women (released from captivity). वूं िनःःवं कुचेल ंसदनमपुगतं बा यकालकैिमऽंपँयन का यलोलः पथृुकिमह करा ःय सगंृ तूण ् |

लआमीसवंा रतोऽ प ःवयमप रिमतं व मःम ैददानःका यांभोिनिधः वं जय जय भगवन सवलोकािधनाथः् || 9||The poor brahmin Kuchela who was your class fellow and friend (at the Hermit of Sandeepani) came to your palace in Dwaraka. You welcomed him and, overcome by pity at his condition, snatched the bundle of flattened rice which he had brought and partook of it in spite of Lakshmi preventing you and in return gave him immeasurable riches. Victory to you, the Lord of all the worlds and an ocean of compassion.यावत वृ ः कलेव भवित बत तदा क क पोऽितह नान् ्ले छान धमकशऽून भ रतपु षा नाशियंय यशा तान ् ् ् |स वं स वैकतानां मम मितमिनशं दे ह शौरे तदथव पादा जे पित वा महुरहमवशः ूाथये प नाभ ु || 10||

When Kali Yuga advances and reaches its zenith, You will incarnate as Kalki and angrily destroy all those who are opposed to dharma and are of mean character. O Lord! I fall at your feet again and again, helplessly, and pray to You, to make my mind steeped in pure sattwa only.

दशम ंदशकम ्

स चदान दम ैतं प नाभ ंःवदैवतम ।् न वाऽभी ंूाथयते दशमे दशके नपृः॥

In the tenth dasaka the King prays to Lord Padmanabha, his favourite deity, who is none other than the non-dual Brahman, the very embodiment of pure Consciousness and Bliss, to grant him his wishes.

भषूणेषु कल हेमव जगित मृ कावदथवा घटेत तुजालवदहोपटेंव प रा जता यरसा मकम ्|

सवस व दयैकसा णिमहाितमाय िनजवैभवंभावयािम दये भव तिमह प नाभ प रपा ह माम ्||1||Just like gold in ornaments, mud in pots and thread in clothes, O Padmanabha ! you are the one consciousness uniformly pervading all life, You are the only witness in the heart of all beings. Your majesty transcends the Maya. I see you in my heart, O Padmanabha! protect me and take care of me.िच मयांबुिनिधवीिच प सनका दिच य वमलाकृतेजाितकमगणुभेदह न सकला दमलू जगतां गरुो ।

ॄ शंकरमखुैरमेय वपुलानुभाव क णािनधेभावयािम दये भव तिमह प नाभ प रपा ह माम ्||2||O Padmanabha! Your form is like a wave of the ocean of consciousness. Your pure form is meditated upon by the saints led by Sanaka. You are without any differentiation of category, action or attributes. You are the very first cause of everything and the Spiritual Teacher of the whole world. Your greatness cannot be measured even by the gods led by Brahma and Siva. I see you in my heart, O Padmanabha! protect me and take care of me.माययावतृतनुब हः सजृिस लोकजालम खल ंभवान ्ःव नस नभिमदं पुनःसप द सहंर नजबलादहो |

ह त कूम इव पादमा मिन तु धारय यथ यदा तदादा णे तमिस वःततेृ वितिमरो लस यिनशमा मना ||3||O Lord! By the power of your Maya you create all these material worlds which are really dream-like only and are annihilated by your power at the end of a cycle. Like the tortoise, when you withdraw everything in you, You alone shine brightly, in the enveloping thick darkness, as the Ultimate Reality. देवदेव तनुवा नोिभ रह य करोिम सततं हरेव यसावहमपया य खलमेतद श प रतुंयताम ्|

व पदैकमितर यजोऽ प खल ुलोकमीश पुना यहोनो रमेश वमखुाशयो भवित वूजाितर प केवलम ्|| 4||O Devadeva! Whatever I ever do with my body, speech and mind I offer to you and surrender to you so that you are pleased wih me. Even a man of the lowest caste whose mind is single-mindedly attached to your lotus-feet purifies this world, not the one who turns his face away from you though he may be a brahmin पाप एष कल गू हतुं िनज द रऽिमह सवदाुकृंण राम मधुसदूने यिनशमालप यहह िनंफलम ्|

एवमीश तव सेवकोऽ प भवित िन दतः खलजनैः कलौता शं वनघ मा कृथा वरद मामसीमतमवैभव ||5||“This sinner always repeats Krishna, Rama and Madhusoodana without any purpose only to hide his bad conduct and character”. Your devotee is defamed in this fashion by the wicked of this Kali Yuga. Please do not make me like that, O generous one who gives without limit.कःतु लोक इह िनभयो भवित तावकं कल वना पदंस यलोक वसित ःथतोऽ प बत न ःथरो वसित प भःू |

एवमीश सित का कथा परम पा पनाम तु िनरया मनां्त मद य भवब धमोहमिय ख डयाऽनघ नमोऽःतु ते ||6||Which world is without fear except your world ? Though Brahma’s abode of Satyaloka is permanent, Brahma himself does not stay there permanently. This being the situation, what will be the condition of the sinners who are fit only for Hell. Please, therefore, cut asunder my bonds and break my delusion, O the pure Oneभावय त ह परे भव तमिय चा ब वमलासनाःनािसकामधतृलोचना परम पूरका द जतमा ताः|

उ ताममथ िच प मिय भावय त इह सादरंभानुसोमिश खम डलोप र तु नीलनीरद समूभम ्||7||Sitting in the lotus pose, some meditate on your beautiful dark blue form, in the centre of the upturned heart-lotus, above the regions of the sun, the moon and the fire, focusing their eyes on the tip of their nose and gaining control over their breath by pranayama etc.आण नील कु टलालकं मकरकु डल िुत वरा जतम ्

म दहास त सवलोक वपुलाितभारमित मोहनं |

कौःतुभेन वनमालया प च वरा जतं मदनसु दरंका चनाभवसनं भव तमिय भावय त तक मषाः||8||They, with their impurities removed, visualise you with soft, blue and curly hair, adorned by the lustre of fish-shaped ear-rings, lightening the burden of the worlds by your bewitching smile and captivating beauty, wearing the Kaustubha diamond and the garland of wild flowers, beautiful as the Kama and wearing clothes of golden hue. ानमीश बत कम भ र प त ऽयं भवदापकंानयोग वषयेऽिधकार इह वै वर जनता हतः |

कमणीह भवे नणृामिधकस मानसजषुां हरेयेतु नािधक वर स दया ह भ रिय त ता||9||One can reach you by Gnana, Karma or Bhakti. Gnana is for those who have developed complete detachment from worldly things. Karma is those who are still interested in worldly things. Bhakti is for those who are not completely detached but also not completely attached. . देव वैभवमजानता तव य मया िनग दतं हरेयतां खल ुसमःतमेत दह मोदमीश कु तावके |

द घमायुरिय देहसौ यम प वधतां भवदनुमहात ्प कजाभनयनापदो दलय प नाभ वजयी भव ||10||Whatever I have said, O Padmanabha !, without understanding your magnificence, please bear with me and accept this with pleasure. Please also bless me with long life and good heath. Victory to thee, O Lord with eyes beautiful as the lotus! free me from my trials and tribulations.

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