Narayaniyam Dashakam 80 — Malayalam Script

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Summary — English

In Dashakam 80 of the Narayaniyam, the Lord asks Satrajit for the divine Syamantaka jewel, and when Satrajit refuses, his brother Prasena goes hunting wearing it and is killed by a lion, which is then killed by Jambavan, who gives the jewel to a child. Following Satrajit's words, people accuse the Lord of stealing the jewel, so he searches and finds Jambavan, who worships him with fists for a long time before giving him the jewel and a new bride; the Lord returns the jewel to Satrajit, who then gives him his daughter Bhami (Satyabhama). Later, on the pretext of the burning of Kunti's son, the Lord goes to the Kurus, where Shatadhanva strikes down Satrajit and takes the jewel; the Lord kills Shatadhanva and, as if suspicious about the jewel, goes to Janaka's house while Rama teaches the mace to Dhritarashtra's son. By the Lord's will, Akrura brings about the destruction of the evil-conducting Satrajit and later the jewel is taken from Akrura for his prosperity, since Akrura is a devotee firmly established in the Lord and this was done to quell the pride of one who thinks himself wise and tranquil. Finally, the Lord summons back the fearful Akrura along with Kritavarma, reveals the deposited jewel, places it with the virtuous one, and is content, and the speaker asks the Lord of the wind, reclining on Bhama's bosom, to protect him.

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Meaning —

Verse 1

സത്രാജിതസ്ത്വമഥ ലുബ്ധവദര്കലബ്ധം
ദിവ്യം സ്യമന്തകമണിം ഭഗവന്നയാചീഃ ।
തത്കാരണം ബഹുവിധം മമ ഭാതി നൂനം
തസ്യാത്മജാം ത്വയി രതാം ഛലതോ വിവോഢുമ് ॥1॥

satrājitastvamatha lubdhavadarkalabdhaṃ
divyaṃ syamantakamaṇiṃ bhagavannayācīḥ |
tatkāraṇaṃ bahuvidhaṃ mama bhāti nūnaṃ
tasyātmajāṃ tvayi ratāṃ chalato vivoḍhum ||1||

O Lord, you then, as if greedy, asked Satrajit for the divine Syamantaka jewel obtained from the sun. The many reasons for this appear to me indeed to be to marry his daughter, who was devoted to you, by a stratagem. ^AI

Verse 2

അദത്തം തം തുഭ്യം മണിവരമനേനാല്പമനസാ
പ്രസേനസ്തദ്ഭ്രാതാ ഗലഭുവി വഹന് പ്രാപ മൃഗയാമ് ।
അഹന്നേനം സിംഹോ മണിമഹസി മാംസഭ്രമവശാത്
കപീന്ദ്രസ്തം ഹത്വാ മണിമപി ച ബാലായ ദദിവാന് ॥2॥

adattaṃ taṃ tubhyaṃ maṇivaramanenālpamanasā
prasenastadbhrātā galabhuvi vahan prāpa mṛgayām |
ahannenaṃ siṃho maṇimahasi māṃsabhramavaśāt
kapīndrastaṃ hatvā maṇimapi ca bālāya dadivān ||2||

He, with a petty mind, did not give that best of jewels to you. His brother Prasena, wearing it on his neck, went hunting. A lion killed him due to the illusion of flesh caused by the jewel's luster. The lord of monkeys (Jambavan) killed that lion and gave the jewel to a child. ^AI

Verse 3

ശശംസുഃ സത്രാജിദ്ഗിരമനു ജനാസ്ത്വാം മണിഹരം
ജനാനാം പീയൂഷം ഭവതി ഗുണിനാം ദോഷകണികാ ।
തതഃ സര്വജ്ഞോഽപി സ്വജനസഹിതോ മാര്ഗണപരഃ
പ്രസേനം തം ദൃഷ്ട്വാ ഹരിമപി ഗതോഽഭൂഃ കപിഗുഹാമ് ॥3॥

śaśaṃsuḥ satrājidgiramanu janāstvāṃ maṇiharaṃ
janānāṃ pīyūṣaṃ bhavati guṇināṃ doṣakaṇikā |
tataḥ sarvajño'pi svajanasahito mārgaṇaparaḥ
prasenaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā harimapi gato'bhūḥ kapiguhām ||3||

People, following Satrajit's words, proclaimed you as the thief of the jewel. The nectar of people becomes a speck of fault for the virtuous. Then you, though omniscient, along with your relatives, engaged in searching, and after seeing that Prasena, you also went to the monkey cave. ^AI

Verse 4

ഭവന്തമവിതര്കയന്നതിവയാഃ സ്വയം ജാമ്ബവാന്
മുകുന്ദശരണം ഹി മാം ക ഇഹ രോദ്ധുമിത്യാലപന് ।
വിഭോ രഘുപതേ ഹരേ ജയ ജയേത്യലം മുഷ്ടിഭി-
ശ്ചിരം തവ സമര്ചനം വ്യധിത ഭക്തചൂഡാമണിഃ ॥4॥

bhavantamavitarkayannativayāḥ svayaṃ jāmbavān
mukundaśaraṇaṃ hi māṃ ka iha roddhumityālapan |
vibho raghupate hare jaya jayetyalaṃ muṣṭibhi-
ściraṃ tava samarcanaṃ vyadhita bhaktacūḍāmaṇiḥ ||4||

The very aged Jambavan himself, not suspecting you, said, 'Who here can obstruct me, who has taken refuge in Mukunda?' O Lord, O Raghupati, O Hari, victory, victory! Thus, with fists, he performed your worship for a long time—he, the crest-jewel of devotees. ^AI

Verse 5

ബുധ്വാഽഥ തേന ദത്താം നവരമണീം വരമണിം ച പരിഗൃഹ്ണന് ।
അനുഗൃഹ്ണന്നമുമാഗാഃ സപദി ച സത്രാജിതേ മണിം പ്രാദാഃ ॥5॥

budhvā'tha tena dattāṃ navaramaṇīṃ varamaṇiṃ ca parigṛhṇan |
anugṛhṇannamumāgāḥ sapadi ca satrājite maṇiṃ prādāḥ ||5||

Then, having understood, you accepted the new bride and the best jewel given by him, and gratifying him, you immediately went and gave the jewel to Satrajit. ^AI

Verse 6

തദനു സ ഖലു ബ്രീലാലോലോ വിലോലവിലോചനാം
ദുഹിതരമഹോ ധീമാന് ഭാമാം ഗിരൈവ പരാര്പിതാമ് ।
അദിത മണിനാ തുഭ്യം ലഭ്യം സമേത്യ ഭവാനപി
പ്രമുദിതമനാസ്തസ്യൈവാദാന്മണിം ഗഹനാശയഃ ॥6॥

tadanu sa khalu brīlālolo vilolavilocanāṃ
duhitaramaho dhīmān bhāmāṃ giraiva parārpitām |
adita maṇinā tubhyaṃ labhyaṃ sametya bhavānapi
pramuditamanāstasyaivādānmaṇiṃ gahanāśayaḥ ||6||

Thereafter, he, the wise one, with eyes restless due to shame, gave you his daughter Bhami, who had already been offered by word. You also, having obtained the jewel, with a joyful mind, took that very jewel, O one whose intentions are hidden. ^AI

Verse 7

വ്രീലാകുലാം രമയതി ത്വയി സത്യഭാമാം
കൌന്തേയദാഹകഥയാഥ കുരൂന് പ്രയാതേ ।
ഹീ ഗാന്ദിനേയകൃതവര്മഗിരാ നിപാത്യ
സത്രാജിതം ശതധനുര്മണിമാജഹാര ॥7॥

vrīlākulāṃ ramayati tvayi satyabhāmāṃ
kaunteyadāhakathayātha kurūn prayāte |
hī gāndineyakṛtavarmagirā nipātya
satrājitaṃ śatadhanurmaṇimājahāra ||7||

While you were delighting the shame-filled Satyabhama, then, when you had gone to the Kurus on the pretext of the story of the burning of the son of Kunti, alas, by the words of Akrura and Kritavarma, Shatadhanva struck down Satrajit and took the jewel. ^AI

Verse 8

ശോകാത് കുരൂനുപഗതാമവലോക്യ കാന്താം
ഹത്വാ ദ്രുതം ശതധനും സമഹര്ഷയസ്താമ് ।
രത്നേ സശങ്ക ഇവ മൈഥിലഗേഹമേത്യ
രാമോ ഗദാം സമശിശിക്ഷത ധാര്തരാഷ്ട്രമ് ॥8॥

śokāt kurūnupagatāmavalokya kāntāṃ
hatvā drutaṃ śatadhanuṃ samaharṣayastām |
ratne saśaṅka iva maithilagehametya
rāmo gadāṃ samaśiśikṣata dhārtarāṣṭram ||8||

Seeing your beloved (Satyabhama) who had gone to the Kurus due to grief, you quickly killed Shatadhanva and gladdened her. But you, as if suspicious about the jewel, went to the house of the king of Mithila (Janaka), and Rama (Balarama) taught the mace to the son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana). ^AI

Verse 9

അക്രൂര ഏഷ ഭഗവന് ഭവദിച്ഛയൈവ
സത്രാജിതഃ കുചരിതസ്യ യുയോജ ഹിംസാമ് ।
അക്രൂരതോ മണിമനാഹൃതവാന് പുനസ്ത്വം
തസ്യൈവ ഭൂതിമുപധാതുമിതി ബ്രുവന്തി ॥9॥

akrūra eṣa bhagavan bhavadicchayaiva
satrājitaḥ kucaritasya yuyoja hiṃsām |
akrūrato maṇimanāhṛtavān punastvaṃ
tasyaiva bhūtimupadhātumiti bruvanti ||9||

O Lord, it was by Your will alone that Akrura brought about the destruction of Satrajit, whose conduct was evil. And again, You caused the jewel to be taken away from Akrura, so as to bring about his prosperity — so they say. ^AI

Verse 10

ഭക്തസ്ത്വയി സ്ഥിരതരഃ സ ഹി ഗാന്ദിനേയ-
സ്തസ്യൈവ കാപഥമതിഃ കഥമീശ ജാതാ ।
വിജ്ഞാനവാന് പ്രശമവാനഹമിത്യുദീര്ണം
ഗര്വം ധ്രുവം ശമയിതും ഭവതാ കൃതൈവ ॥10॥

bhaktastvayi sthirataraḥ sa hi gāndineya-
stasyaiva kāpathamatiḥ kathamīśa jātā |
vijñānavān praśamavānahamityudīrṇaṃ
garvaṃ dhruvaṃ śamayituṃ bhavatā kṛtaiva ||10||

O Lord, he, the son of Gandini (Akrura), is a devotee firmly established in You; how then did his mind take such a wrong path? Surely it was done by You to quell the swelling pride of one who thinks, 'I am wise, I am tranquil.' ^AI

Verse 11

യാതം ഭയേന കൃതവര്മയുതം പുനസ്ത-
മാഹൂയ തദ്വിനിഹിതം ച മണിം പ്രകാശ്യ ।
തത്രൈവ സുവ്രതധരേ വിനിധായ തുഷ്യന്
ഭാമാകുചാന്തശയനഃ പവനേശ പായാഃ ॥11॥

yātaṃ bhayena kṛtavarmayutaṃ punasta-
māhūya tadvinihitaṃ ca maṇiṃ prakāśya |
tatraiva suvratadhare vinidhāya tuṣyan
bhāmākucāntaśayanaḥ pavaneśa pāyāḥ ||11||

Then, summoning back him who had fled in fear together with Kritavarma, and revealing the jewel that had been deposited with him, and placing it in the possession of the virtuous one (Satrajit's daughter, Satyabhama) there itself, You were content. O Lord of the wind (Pavanesha), may You protect me, as You recline upon the bosom of Bhama (Satyabhama). ^AI

Sanskrit — Devanagari (original)

सत्राजितस्त्वमथ लुब्धवदर्कलब्धं

दिव्यं स्यमन्तकमणिं भगवन्नयाचीः ।

तत्कारणं बहुविधं मम भाति नूनं

तस्यात्मजां त्वयि रतां छलतो विवोढुम् ॥1॥

अदत्तं तं तुभ्यं मणिवरमनेनाल्पमनसा

प्रसेनस्तद्भ्राता गलभुवि वहन् प्राप मृगयाम् ।

अहन्नेनं सिंहो मणिमहसि मांसभ्रमवशात्

कपीन्द्रस्तं हत्वा मणिमपि च बालाय ददिवान् ॥2॥

शशंसुः सत्राजिद्गिरमनु जनास्त्वां मणिहरं

जनानां पीयूषं भवति गुणिनां दोषकणिका ।

ततः सर्वज्ञोऽपि स्वजनसहितो मार्गणपरः

प्रसेनं तं दृष्ट्वा हरिमपि गतोऽभूः कपिगुहाम् ॥3॥

भवन्तमवितर्कयन्नतिवयाः स्वयं जाम्बवान्

मुकुन्दशरणं हि मां क इह रोद्धुमित्यालपन् ।

विभो रघुपते हरे जय जयेत्यलं मुष्टिभि-

श्चिरं तव समर्चनं व्यधित भक्तचूडामणिः ॥4॥

बुध्वाऽथ तेन दत्तां नवरमणीं वरमणिं च परिगृह्णन् ।

अनुगृह्णन्नमुमागाः सपदि च सत्राजिते मणिं प्रादाः ॥5॥

तदनु स खलु ब्रीलालोलो विलोलविलोचनां

दुहितरमहो धीमान् भामां गिरैव परार्पिताम् ।

अदित मणिना तुभ्यं लभ्यं समेत्य भवानपि

प्रमुदितमनास्तस्यैवादान्मणिं गहनाशयः ॥6॥

व्रीलाकुलां रमयति त्वयि सत्यभामां

कौन्तेयदाहकथयाथ कुरून् प्रयाते ।

ही गान्दिनेयकृतवर्मगिरा निपात्य

सत्राजितं शतधनुर्मणिमाजहार ॥7॥

शोकात् कुरूनुपगतामवलोक्य कान्तां

हत्वा द्रुतं शतधनुं समहर्षयस्ताम् ।

रत्ने सशङ्क इव मैथिलगेहमेत्य

रामो गदां समशिशिक्षत धार्तराष्ट्रम् ॥8॥

अक्रूर एष भगवन् भवदिच्छयैव

सत्राजितः कुचरितस्य युयोज हिंसाम् ।

अक्रूरतो मणिमनाहृतवान् पुनस्त्वं

तस्यैव भूतिमुपधातुमिति ब्रुवन्ति ॥9॥

भक्तस्त्वयि स्थिरतरः स हि गान्दिनेय-

स्तस्यैव कापथमतिः कथमीश जाता ।

विज्ञानवान् प्रशमवानहमित्युदीर्णं

गर्वं ध्रुवं शमयितुं भवता कृतैव ॥10॥

यातं भयेन कृतवर्मयुतं पुनस्त-

माहूय तद्विनिहितं च मणिं प्रकाश्य ।

तत्रैव सुव्रतधरे विनिधाय तुष्यन्

भामाकुचान्तशयनः पवनेश पायाः ॥11॥

🕉️ This is the original Sanskrit rendered in Malayalam script. Pronunciation is identical to the Sanskrit Devanagari version. It is a transliteration, not a translation — see “Meaning” for translations where available.

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