Narayaniyam Dashaka 47 - Grantha

Meaning
𑌏𑌕𑌦𑌾 - once; 𑌦𑌧𑌿-𑌵𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌥-𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌂 - the curd churning as she was; 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌰𑌂 - Thy mother; 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌸𑍇𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 - approached Thou; 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌯-𑌲𑍋𑌲𑍁𑌪𑌤𑌯𑌾 - breast milk desiring; 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌨𑍍- - obstructing (the churning); 𑌅𑌂𑌕𑌮𑍍-𑌏𑌤𑍍𑌯 - up (her) lap climbing; 𑌪𑌪𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌪𑌯𑍋𑌧𑌰𑍌 - (Thou) sucked her breasts;

Translation
Once when Thy mother was churning the curd, Thou approached her in the eagerness to be breast fed. Obstructing her churning Thou climbed up her lap and sucked at her breasts.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌕𑍁𑌡𑍍𑌮𑌲𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌾𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌜𑍇 ।
𑌦𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌮𑍀𑌶 𑌦𑌹𑌨𑍇 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌶𑍁 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌜𑌗𑌾𑌮 𑌤𑍇 ॥2॥

Meaning
𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌪𑍀𑌤- - having half drunk; 𑌕𑍁𑌚𑌕𑍁𑌡𑍍𑌮𑌲𑍇 - the breasts lotus bud like; 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌧-𑌹𑌾𑌸- - (when) Thee with a charming smile; 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰-𑌆𑌨𑌨-𑌅𑌂𑌬𑍁𑌜𑍇 - on the sweet face, lotus like; 𑌦𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌮𑍍-𑌈𑌶 - the milk, O Lord!; 𑌦𑌹𑌨𑍇 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 - on the fire, having overflown; 𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌮𑍍-𑌆𑌶𑍁 - to hold it, fast; 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌜𑌗𑌾𑌮 𑌤𑍇 - mother went away, Thy;

Translation
O Lord! Thou had half-way sucked her lotus bud like breasts, with a charming smile playing on the sweet lotus like face. Just then, Thy mother went away in a haste to quickly hold the milk which had overflown on the fire.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌸𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌰𑌸𑌭𑌂𑌗𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌧𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌸𑌾।
𑌮𑌂𑌥𑌦𑌂𑌡𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌹𑌂𑌤 𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌦𑌧𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌾 ॥3॥

Meaning
𑌸𑌾𑌮𑌿-𑌪𑍀𑌤- - half drunk, (so); 𑌰𑌸-𑌭𑌂𑌗-𑌸𑌂𑌗𑌤- - the joy being interrupted, as a result; 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌧-𑌭𑌾𑌰- - angered greatly; 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤-𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌸𑌾 - with the mind overcome; 𑌮𑌂𑌥-𑌦𑌂𑌡𑌮𑍍- - the churning rod; 𑌉𑌪𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌿𑌤𑌂 - taking up, was broken; 𑌹𑌂𑌤 𑌦𑍇𑌵 - Oh! O Lord!; 𑌦𑌧𑌿-𑌭𑌾𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌾 - the curd pot by Thee;

Translation
O Lord! Having drunk half way, and as a result the joy being interrupted, Thy mind was overcome with great rage. Oh! Then taking up the churning rod, the curd pot was broken by Thee.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌲𑌦𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍈𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌾 ।
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌸𑌰𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌦𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶 𑌸𑌾 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌯 𑌏𑌵 𑌦𑌧𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑍌 ॥4॥

Meaning
𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌲𑌤𑍍-𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍- - by the loud sound; 𑌉𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌕𑍈𑌃-𑌤𑌦𑌾 - rising high then; 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌯 - hearing; 𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌾 - Thy mother hastily came running; 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍-𑌯𑌶𑌃-𑌵𑌿𑌸𑌰𑌃- - Thy fame spreading; 𑌵𑌤𑍍-𑌦𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶 𑌸𑌾 - as though, she saw; 𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌯 𑌏𑌵 𑌦𑌧𑌿 - right then the curd; 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑍌 - spreading on the floor;

Translation
Thy mother came running when she heard the loud sound rising of the pot being broken. Right then she saw the curd spreading on the floor,even like Thy pure unblemished fame spreading in the universe.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌾 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍌 ।
𑌸𑌂𑌦𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶 𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲𑍇 𑌦𑍀𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌮𑍋𑌤𑌵𑍇 ॥5॥

Meaning
𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗-𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌿𑌤𑌂 - through the path of the Vedas, sought after; 𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌾 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍-𑌅𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯 - the angered (Yashodaa), Thee not seeing; 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌯𑌂𑌤𑍀- - searching (Thee); 𑌅𑌸𑍌 𑌸𑌂𑌦𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶 - she saw; 𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍀- - the fortunate one (Yashodaa); 𑌉𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲𑍇 - (Thee) on the mortar; 𑌦𑍀𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨-𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌮𑍍- - giving butter; 𑌓𑌤𑌵𑍇 - to the cat;

Translation
Thou who are sought after through the path of the Vedas, were not seen anywhere by Thy angered mother. She, the fortunate one searched everywhere and saw Thee sitting on the mortar feeding butter to the cat.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌯 𑌬𑌤 𑌭𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌶𑍁 𑌸𑌾 ।
𑌰𑍋𑌷𑌰𑍂𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍀 𑌸𑌖𑍀𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍋 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌯 𑌰𑌶𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌦𑍇 ॥6॥

Meaning
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌯 𑌬𑌤 - Thee getting hold of, Oh!; 𑌭𑍀𑌤𑌿-𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌾- - by the expression of fear; 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰-𑌆𑌨𑌨-𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑌮𑍍- - the shining face which was lotus like; 𑌆𑌶𑍁 𑌸𑌾 - hastily she; 𑌰𑍋𑌷-𑌰𑍂𑌷𑌿𑌤-𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍀 - quivering with anger faced (she); 𑌸𑌖𑍀-𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌃 - in front of her friends; 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌯 - to tie up Thee; 𑌰𑌶𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍-𑌉𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌦𑍇 - a rope took;

Translation
Oh! Yashodaa with her face quivering due to anger, hastily caught hold of Thee whose lotus like face was looking very sweet with pretended fear. As her friends watched, she took a rope to tie Thee up.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌬𑌂𑌧𑍁𑌮𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌮𑌯𑌿 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑍁𑌮𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑍀 ।
𑌸𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍁𑌜𑍍𑌯 𑌰𑌶𑌨𑌾𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌬𑌹𑍂𑌨𑍍 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌗𑍁𑌲𑍋𑌨𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌲𑍈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤 ॥𑍭॥

Meaning
𑌬𑌂𑌧𑍁𑌮𑍍-𑌇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 - as a friend,(who is) desired; 𑌯𑌮𑍍-𑌏𑌵 𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌃- - him alone , good people; 𑌤𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌮𑍍-𑌅𑌯𑌿 - That Thee O Lord!; 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑍁𑌮𑍍-𑌇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑍀 - to tie desiring; 𑌸𑌾 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍁𑌜𑍍𑌯 - she using (tying together); 𑌰𑌶𑌨𑌾-𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌬𑌹𑍂𑌨𑍍 - pieces of rope, many; 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌗𑍁𑌲-𑌊𑌨𑌮𑍍- - by two fingers (long), short; 𑌅𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 - the whole length; 𑌕𑌿𑌲-𑌐𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤 - indeed found;

Translation
All good men want to bind themselves to Thee alone in devotion. That Thou O Lord! Yashodaa desiring to tie, found the length of the rope short by two fingers, even though she attached many pieces of ropes to lengthen it.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌸𑌖𑍀𑌜𑌨𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌹𑍋 𑌹𑌰𑍇 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌯𑌾𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌥𑌾𑌃 ॥𑍮॥

Meaning
𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑍍-𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤- - wonderstruck and smiling; 𑌸𑌖𑍀𑌜𑌨-𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂 - the friends (Gopis) watching; 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨-𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨-𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌷𑌂 - (she, with) perspiring and exhausted body; 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 - seeing her (Yashodaa); 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯-𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤-𑌵𑌪𑍁𑌃- - forever free bodied; 𑌅𑌪𑌿-𑌅𑌹𑍋 𑌹𑌰𑍇 - though O Hari! (Thou); 𑌬𑌂𑌧𑌮𑍍-𑌏𑌵 - bondage alone; 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌯𑌾-𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌥𑌾𑌃 - compassionately accepted;

Translation
As Thy mother's friends were smilingly watching with wonder, Thou saw her body perspiring and exhausted due to the effort. O Hari! Thou who are the ever-free Being, out of compassion accepted the bondage.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍀𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌮𑍁𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲𑍇 𑌖𑌲𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌨𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌸𑌾 𑌯𑌦𑌾।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌗𑍁𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲𑌬𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌰𑍇 𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌰𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌥𑌾𑌃 ॥𑍯॥

Meaning
𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍀𑌯𑌤𑌾𑌂 - (may you) stay here; 𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌮𑍍-𑌉𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲𑍇 - for long at the mortar; 𑌖𑌲-𑌇𑌤𑌿- - O rouge, thus (saying); 𑌆𑌗𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌨𑌮𑍍-𑌏𑌵 - (when she) returned to the house only; 𑌸𑌾 𑌯𑌦𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍- - she when, earlier; 𑌉𑌲𑍂𑌖𑌲-𑌬𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌰𑍇 - in the mortar's cavity; 𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌃-𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍- - then, the butter which was placed; 𑌅𑌦𑌨𑍍-𑌅𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌥𑌾𑌃 - eating Thou stayed;

Translation
As Yashodaa went back into the house, she said 'O Rogue! stay tied like this to the mortar for long.' Thou stayed there eating the butter which Thou had earlier placed in the cavity of the mortar.

𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃
𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌸𑍁𑌗𑌮𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌸𑌂𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌮𑍁 𑌸𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌯𑌾𑌽𑌨𑌯𑌾 ।
𑌏𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌿 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍈𑌰𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌥 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍 ॥10॥

Meaning
𑌯𑌦𑌿-𑌅𑌪𑌾𑌶-𑌸𑍁𑌗𑌮𑌃 - if (Thou are) to the desire less easily attainable; 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 - O All pervading Being! Thou; 𑌸𑌂𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌿𑌮𑍁 - were tied down, how come; 𑌸𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌯𑌾-𑌅𑌨𑌯𑌾 - (who was) having a rope, by her (Yashodaa); 𑌏𑌵𑌮𑍍-𑌆𑌦𑌿 - thus and so forth; 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍈𑌃-𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁𑌤𑌃 - by the gods in heaven praised; 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌥 - O Lord of Guruvaayur!; 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍 - save me from my ailments.;

Translation
O All Pervading Being! If Thou are easily attainable to the desire less (a-paash) people, who are not bound by desire, how was it that Yashodaa was able to secure Thee with a (paash) rope for binding. Thou whose glories were thus sung by the gods in the heaven, O Lord of Guruvaayur! May Thou save me from my ailments.

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