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Prayers by the Wives of Kāliya-nāga

(Dhānasī-rāga)

दिखाएँ

टेक्स्ट

1

Kāliya-nāger Strī-stava

अर्थ

tumi deba nārāyaṇa jagata-adhikārī
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralayera tumi adhikārī

You are Lord Nārāyaṇa, the master of the universes. You are the creator, maintainer, and destroyer.

2

tumi deba nirañjana sabāra karaṇ tumi deba tumi nara paśu-pakṣi-gaṇ

अर्थ

You are the cause of everything, but You are nevr touched by matter. You incarnate among the demigods, human beings, animals, and birds.

3

sakala sṛjile tumi jagata-saṁsāre tumi prāṇa nile prāṇa keba dite pāre

अर्थ

You have created all living beings in this world of birth and death. You have the power to save or to kill.

4

tumi ta' sṛjile more khala-rūpa kari bhāla-manda-jñāna nāi pāile saṁhāri

अर्थ

nāi+not

You have given me this lowly form. No one can stop your order that a living being have good or bad intelligence.

5

brata-upabāse kata kaila ārādhan te-karaṇa pāila kāli tomāra caraṇ

अर्थ

How many vows, fasts, and acts of worship must Kāliya have performed in the past that now he has attained Your feet?

6

koṭi koṭi janma jadi tapa kari mari tabu ta' tomāra māyā bujhite na pāri

अर्थ

Even if a person performs austerities for millions of births, he cannot become free from Your illusory potency, Māyā.

7

kata kata janma lakṣmī tapa je karila tāra phale tomār pāda-padma paraśila

अर्थ

For how many lifetimes did Goddess Lakṣmī perform austerities before she was able to touch Your feet?

8

hena pāda-padma kālir mastaka-upari kālira kateka bhāgya balite nā pāri

अर्थ

I cannot explain how Kāliya became so fortunate that his head became the resting place of Your lotus feet.

9

bhāla haila nāga-janma haila mahī-tale bhāla haila ghara kaila jamunāra jale

अर्थ

By the touch of Your feet his birth as a snake in this world became auspicious. By the touch of Your feet his home in the waters of the Yamunā became auspicious.

10

āji su-prabhāta haila kālir dina-maṇi mastaka pāda-padma dilena cakra-pāṇi

अर्थ

Today the sun of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet has risen on the horizon of Kāliya's head, a sun that brings a new day of great good fortune.

11

eta bali nāginī juḍi dui kar swāmī-dāna deha more tridaśa-īśwar

अर्थ

After speaking these words, Kāliya's wives folded their hands and said: O master of the demigods, please give us our husband. Please give this gift to us.