Dasakam 12 Udathya Jananam -The birth of Udathya.

Dasakam 12   Udathya  Jananam  -The  birth of Udathya.

(A  Brahmin called Deva dutta   did yagas and obtained a son   a called Udathya. He turned out to be fool who could not see or hear.He lived in the hermitages of sages and due to good company  , started making truth as his penance. He once saw a pig hit by an arrow running in to a forest bush and he said “Iyyayye” and SAthyavrutha  repeated   your Vag Bheeja manthra  and became intelligent. This story is given in  book 3  and chapter 10)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Puraa  dwija kacchana  Deva datho,

Naama prajaartham   thamasa sameepe ,

Kurvan makham  Gobila saapa vaachaa,

Lebhe sutham  moodam  anantha dukha.

1.In the olden times   there was  a Brahmin called  Deva Datha,

Near the banks  of Thamasa river did  yaga for getting a son,

But  due to the curse  of Gobila attained ,

Endless  sorrow   by getting a  son who was an idiot.

2.Uthadhya namaa  vavrudhe  sa balo,

Moodasthu  drusham  , na dadarsa  kinchith,

Sruthamn na susraava jagaadh naiva,

Prushto na cha  snana  japaadhi chakre.

2.That boy whose  name was Udathya grew upm

 As an idiot and he did not see  what others saw,

Did not hear   what others  heard , did not  answer ,

To questions asked and did not  take bath or chant manthras,

3.Itha sthatho atan  samavaaptha h gango ,

Jale  nimajjan   prapibamstha   deva,

Vasan   muneenaa mutajeshu  vrda,

Manthramscha srunvan  sa  dhinani nithye.

3.He   was wandering   here and there and,

Reached   the banks  of river Ganga and spend ,

His time   indipping in to the  water , drinking it  ,

Living in hermitage  of saints and hearing Vedas.

4.Kramena   sath sanga b vivrudha  sathvaa,

Sathya vrutha  sathya thapaascha   bhoothvaa,

Naa sathya vaak thwath krupayaa sa moodo-,

Apyunmeelithaanthar nayano   babhoova.

4.Over time   due to greatness  of  the good company

He  followed Sathva  character , never  told any lie,

Spoke truth  , made  truth   as his only penance,

And though an idiot , his inner    eyes  got opened.

5.Kulam pavithram janani   vishudhaa,

Pitha cha   sathkarma ratha sadaa may,

Mayaa  krutham   naiva nishidha karma  ,

Thadhaapi   moodosmi  janaischa  nindhya.

5.He thought  , “I belong  to a saintly family  ,

My mother  is a pure one, father  always  is,

Engaged  in  doing good actions and I never do,

Prohibited actions but  I am an idiot and blamed by people.

6.Janmaanthare   kim na  krutham  mayaagham  ,

Kim vaa  na vidhyaarthi  janasya dathaa,

Grandho apyadatha kimu pojya poojaa,

Kruthaa nsa kim vaa  vidhivan na jaane .

“Did I do any sin in my previous    births?

Did I not give   knowledge   to one  who needed it?

Did I k not give them even books? Did I not,

Worship  great people ?  I do not know.

7.Naa karana,m  kaaryam ithiyathi  him

DEivam balishtam  durathikramam cha,

THathothra moodo vipali kruthosmi,

Vandhya druvanirjala megha vacha.

7.It has been told   that without cause  there is no effect,

Is not fate  all powerful and it can never be defeated,

And possibly only because  of that  I am an idiot now,

And I am as useless   as a flowerless  tree and   water less cloud.”

8,Ithyaadhi sanchinthya  vane  stutha sa,

Kadachidekam   rudhirapluthangam,

Bibatsa ropam   kitimesha   pasya-,

NNayyayya  ihyutsvana muchcha chara.

8.While   he  who was living in the   forest was,

Thinkig like this. Once he saw a boar  ,

Fully covered with blood and with  a hateful form,

Coming towards him    and shouted  “I  I I”

9.SArena viddha  sa kireer  bhyartha,

Prevapamaano  muni vaa  sadheso,

Anthar   nikunchasya   gathascha  deivaa-,

Dadrusyathaamaapa bhyarthi  hanthri.

9.That bore whose body was pierced  by an arrow,

Scared   and trembling went  in side a bush,

In the place where   the sages  reside and

Oh Goddess who removes fears and disappeared due to fate,

10. Vinaamakaaram  cha vinbaa  chas  bhakthi-,

Muchaaruya   vaagbheejamanum   pavithram,

Prasanna budhi   krupayaa thavasisha  ,

Babhoova   doorikrutha sarva  papa.

10,Without  thew letter “ym ”   and without   devotion,

Since he tchanted  The Vag Bheeja Manthra(Iym) due,

To your grace he became  imtelligent   and,

  He got rid of all   sins   committed by him.

11,Naaham kavir   gaa vichakshane  na,

Nato  na shilpadhishu   na  praveena  ,,

Pasyaathra   maam   maadam ananya  bandhum,

Prasanna budhim   kuru maam namasthe.

11.I am not a poet nor an expert in singing,

I am not an expert  in making sculptures,

I do not find any body else who is my friend except you,

Make me one with joyful mind , I salute you