Narayaneeyam english canto 008

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evaM taavatpraakR^ita prakshayaantebraahme kalpe hyaadime labdhajanmaa |brahmaa bhuuyastvatta evaapya vedaansR^iShTiM chakre puurvakalpOpamaanaam ||

After the great deluge, God Brahma who took birth on the very first Brahma Kalpa (day) got the Vedas from Thee and began the task of creation as in the previous Kalpa.

This Brahma spent a thousand fourfold yugas as day and as many nights too, several times. Along with his creations, he sleeps, merged in Thee. Hence his night is known as Naimittika Pralaya or a deluge having a reason, viz. sleep.

sO(a)yaM chaturyuga sahasramitaanyahaanitaavanmitaashcha rajaniirbahushO ninaaya |nidraatyasau tvayi niliiya samaM svasR^iShTai-rnaimittikapralayamaahuratO(a)sya raatrim ||

As each day begins, with Thy blessing Brahma goes on with the act of creation, as we perform our daily rituals at dawn.Those long-living souls born in the earlier Brahma Kalpa, also wake up at the dawn of the new Kalpa after a long night's sleep.

asmaadR^ishaaM punaraharmukha kR^itya tulyaaMsR^iShTiM karOtyanudinaM sa bhavatprasaadaat |praagbraahmakalpa januShaaM cha paraayuShaaM tusupta prabOdhana samaa(a)sti tadaa(a)pi sR^iShTiH ||

This Brahma has now completed one Parardha or half his age (50 years). Oh Lord ! Let me now relate the strange playful events that were enacted by Thee in the preceding night and the following morning of Brahma.

pa~nchaashadabdamadhunaa svavayO(a)rdharuupaMekaM paraardhamativR^itya hi vartate(a)sau |tatraantyaraatri janitaan kathayaami bhuumanpashchaaddinaavataraNe cha bhavadvilaasaan ||

At the end of his day Brahma, feeling sleepy, lay merged in Thee. The worlds also took refuge in Thy abdomen and the universe became a huge ocean of water.

dinaavasaane(a)tha sarOja yOniHsuShupti kaamastvayi sannililye |jaganti cha tvajjaTharaM samiiyu-stadedamekaarNavamaasa vishvam ||

When the entire universe was enveloped in water, Thou being the soul of complete bliss, resting on Adisesha (King of serpents),who is another manifestation of Thee, became deeply immersed in self concentration.

tavaiva veShe phaNiraaji sheShejalaikasheShe bhuvane sma sheSheaananda saandraanubhava svaruupaHsvayOganidraa parimudritaatmaa ||

There the host of forces including Kalashakthi or force of Time remained merged in Thee. Thou, having commanded the force of Time to awaken Thee at the end of the deluge, indulged in yogic sleep.

kaalaakhya shaktiM pralayaavasaaneprabOdhayetyaadishataa kilaadau |tvayaa prasuptaM parisuptashakti-Vrajena tatraakhila jiivadhaamnaa ||

Oh Viswanatha ! It is said that Kalashakthi or the force of Time, awakened Thee after Thou had slept for a thousand fourfold yugas.

chaturyugaaNaaM cha sahasramevaMtvayi prasupte punaradvitiiye |kaalaakhya shaktiH prathama prabuddhaapraabOdhayattvaaM kila vishvanaatha ||

Oh Lord who were lying in the ocean bed ! On awakening Thou threw a collective glance at all the worlds merged in Thyself.

vibudhya cha tvaM jalagarbhashaayinvilOkya lOkaanakhilaan praliinaan |teShveva suukshmaatmatayaa nijaantaHsthiteShu vishveShu dadaatha dR^iShTim ||

Oh Lord ! Then there sprouted from Thy navel, an exotic, divine lotus bud embodying the essence of all the objects merged in Thee.

tatastvadiiyaadayi naabhirandhraaduda~nchitaM kinchana divyapadmam |niliina nishsheSha padaartha maalaasanksheparuupaM mukulaayamaanam ||

That lotus bud which came forth from Thy navel, rose up from the waters and spread its radiant light all round chasing away the darkness.

tadetadambhOruha kuDmalaM tekalebaraattOyapathe praruuDham |bahirniriitaM paritaH sphuradbhiHsvadhaamabhirdhvaantamalaM nyakR^intat ||

In that marvellous, full-blossomed lotus, held up by Thy yogic power, arose Brahma known as Padmajanma or lotusborn, with the entire set of Vedas committed instantly to his memory.

samphulla patre nitaraaM vichitretasmin bhavadviiryadhR^ite sarOje |sa padmajanmaa vidhiraaviraasiitsvayaM prabuddhaakhila vedaraashiH ||

Oh Lord Vishnu, who art enshrined in Guruvayur ! Oh Great Soul ! Oh Thou of Eternal Glory, who thus awakened Brahma in Paadmakalpa ! May Thou remove all my afflictions.

asmin paraatman nanu paadmakalpetvamitthamutthaapita padmayOniH |anantabhuumaa mama rOgaraashiMnirundhi vaataalayavaasa viShNO ||