Dasakam 27- Sathakshi avatharam. –Incarnation as hundred eyed goddess.

Dasakam 27- Sathakshi avatharam. –Incarnation as hundred eyed  goddess.

(There was an ASura called Durgama, who got by thapas  from Brahma all manthras both in the Vedas and outside it.Due to losing Vedas as well as manthras.human beings became weak and devas   did not get anything.They went and his themselves in caves and foreasts. Due to thirst all of them reached Himalayas and started praying to the Goddess.You shed tears from your hundred eyes for nine days..All the water bodies of world    were  filled with water. The Asura came to war with you and he was killed. Due to his chanting of Vedas   and giving up his life in front of you, he got salvation.The people gi ot back the Vedas .This story is told in chapter number 28 of the seventh book  of Devi BHagawatham.)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1.Daithya puraa  kaschan  durgamaakhyaa,

Prasaadhidath  padma bhavath  thapobhi,

Avaidhikam   vaidika mapya  guhyaan,

Manthram  samastham divisha jjayaishi.

1.In olden times an asura called   Durgama,

With a desire   to win over   all devas , got,

All manthras   which are   in all Vedas ,

And also outside Vedas    from Lord Brahma

2.Vede   gruhithe  dithijena vipaa,

Sruthisthiraa  vismrutha  Veda manthraa,

Saandhyayani karmaanyapi  naiva   chakru,

Kshithsthva vedaadhyayanaa  babhoova.

2.When the  Vedas   were  learnt   by the asura,

The Brahmins   who had  learnt Vedas  ,

Completely forgot    what they have  learnt,

And  did not do rituals  of dawn, noon and dusk,

And  due to it learning  of Vedas disappeared  from earth

3.Hrutheshu  manthreshvakhileshu  poojaa-,

Yajnaadho  bhoomou   na krutham  manushyai,

Suraa  asakthasthadha laabha khinna,

Daithyena   yudhe balinaa jithaascha.

3.Due  to all the  manthras  being  stolen from earth,

Worship and Yajna   were   not done by human beings,

And due to their non availability  devas  became weak  ,

And that   stong Asura   defeated them in war.

4.Thyakthwaa  dhivam  they  giri gahvareshu,

Nileeya  varshaani   bahooni   ninyu,

Vrushterabhaavaad  dharani  cha sushkaa ,

Jalaasayaa   thrash nipeedithaabhooth.

4.They all deserted   the heavens   and went  ,

In to hiding  in mountains    as well as  caves,

And spent several years   there and the earth,

Due to lack of rain and drying of ponds  ,

Suffered    a lot due to great  thirst.

5,Sarva thrutarthascha himadrimethya,

Thvaan dhyaanapujaanuthirbhajantha,

Prasaadhayaamaa sura naika  koti-,

Brahmanda  karthreem  akhilaarthi hanthreem,

5.All those   people   suffering from thirst  went,

To the Himalayas and using  meditation  ,  worship,

And prayer  served you  who had    created several,

Hundred crores  of universe and one who destroys all sorrow.

6.Drushtaa  dyayardrakshi sathaa thwamebhi,

Krupaasru varsharnava rathramoorvyaam,

Jalaasayaanpoorna jalamscha kathdha ,

Janaa sathakshithyabhidhaam dhadhusthe

6.You whose   hundred  eyes were  wet  with   mercy,

Were seen by them and you shed   such tears  for nine nights,

And due to that she filled up  all lakes with those tears,

And  those   people decided to call her  “Sathakshi(hundred eyed one)”

7.Kshuth peedithaanaam  cha charaacharanaam,

Sarvathra nanavidhamannamishtam,

Swadhooni   moolaani  phalaani chaadhaa,

Sakambareethi  pradhithaa thathobhoo.

7.Then you gave various   desirable   types of food,

As well as   very tasty fruits    and roots 

To all   the beings   which were   suffering due  to hunger ,

And because  of that    you became famous as SAkambari(Nourisher using herbs)

8.Daithyasthu vijnaaya samasthamasthra-,

Sasthrai   sasainya  praharan  vapusthe ,

Ranaangane sayaka  viddha gaathra,

SAsbdhamoorvayaa  tharuvath  papaathaa

8.When the Asura    came to know   of everything,

He hit you with arrows    as well as other   weapons,

And in the   war field , after   being  pierced  ,

By your arrows which broke   his body,

He fell like    a huge    cut tree.

9.Sa chasuraathmaa khalu  veda manthraan,

Chiram  pamsthavaamabhi veekshamanaa,

Gathayuraavisya parathmani thaw-,

YYvaapa mukthim  mishathaam suraanaam.

9.Due  to that Asura   chanting   for a long time,

Veda manthras, due to his leaving his soul  ,

While you were   watching, when the Devas,

Were watching he mingled in you  who is a divine soul.

10.Vedaan  hruthaanabjabhavaanane thwam,

Punaschanikshipya  jagatsurakshaam,

Kruthwaa nuthaa deva ganair  naraischa,

Thushtaa thirobhoo  karunardra  nethraa

10.Then you   reinstated  the stolen Vedas  on Brahma’s face,

And protected   the universe well  and when 

You were being praised  by the Devas    and human   beings

You became very happy and disappeared  with mercy filled   eyes

11.Bhakthasya vai  durgathi nasini thwam,

Sukhapradhaa durgamahanthri maathaa,

Durgathi  naamnaa   vidhithaa   cha  loke,

Vichithra roopasthava  devi leelaa.

11.Oh destroyer of  Durgama Oh mother , you are,

The only one who destroys the   bad fate of your devotees,

The one who gives him pleasure and one who  is well known.

As Durga and your sports     are wonderful.

12.Kopyasthi  chithe  mamadurgamoyam,

Jnathasthvayaa  naiva  mayaa   thu devi,

Ya sathatham druhyaathimay thamaasu ,

Samhruthya maam raksha namo namsthe.

12.In my mind  there  lives   a Durgama,

And though you know him but not me,

But he   keeps on troubling me, Please ,

Destroy him  and save me.My salutations to you.