Narayaniyam Sattrimsadasakam in English:
॥ nārāyaṇīyaṁ ṣaṭtriṁśadaśakam ॥
nārāyaṇīyaṁ ṣaṭtriṁśadaśakam (36) – paraśurāmāvatāram
atrēḥ putratayā purā tvamanasūyāyāṁ hi dattābhidhō
jātaḥ śiṣyanibandhatandritamanāḥ svasthaścarankāntayā |
dr̥ṣṭō bhaktatamēna hēhayamahīpālēna tasmai varā-
naṣṭaiśvaryamukhānpradāya daditha svēnaiva cāntē vadham || 36-1 ||
satyaṁ kartumathārjunasya ca varaṁ tacchaktimātrānataṁ
brahmadvēṣi tadākhilaṁ nr̥pakulaṁ hantuṁ ca bhūmērbharam |
sañjātō jamadagnitō bhr̥gukulē tvaṁ rēṇukāyāṁ harē
rāmō nāma tadātmajēṣvavarajaḥ pitrōradhāḥ sammadam || 36-2 ||
labdhāmnāyagaṇaścaturdaśavayā gandharvarājē manā-
gāsaktāṁ kila mātaraṁ prati pituḥ krōdhākulasyājñayā |
tātājñātigasōdaraiḥ samamimāṁ chitvātha śāntātpitu-
stēṣāṁ jīvanayōgamāpitha varaṁ mātā ca tē:’dādvarān || 36-3 ||
pitrā mātr̥mudē stavāhr̥taviyaddhēnōrnijādāśramāt
prasthāyātha bhr̥gōrgirā himagirāvārādhya gaurīpatim |
labdhvā tatparaśuṁ taduktadanujacchēdī mahāstrādikaṁ
prāptō mitramathākr̥tavraṇamuniṁ prāpyāgamaḥ svāśramam || 36-4 ||
ākhēṭōpagatō:’rjunaḥ suragavīsamprāptasampadgaṇai-
stvatpitrā paripūjitaḥ puragatō durmantrivācā punaḥ |
gāṁ krētuṁ sacivaṁ nyayuṅkta kudhiyā tēnāpi rundhanmuni-
prāṇakṣēpasarōṣagōhatacamūcakrēṇa vatsō hr̥taḥ || 36-5 ||
śukrōjjīvitatātavākyacalitakrōdhō:’tha sakhyā samaṁ
vibhraddhyātamahōdarōpanihitaṁ cāpaṁ kuṭhāraṁ śarān |
ārūḍhaḥ sahavāhayantr̥karathaṁ māhiṣmatīmāviśan
vāgbhirvatsamadāśuṣi kṣitipatau samprāstuthāḥ saṅgaram || 36-6 ||
putrāṇāmayutēna saptadaśabhiścākṣauhiṇībhirmahā-
sēnānībhiranēkamitranivahairvyājr̥ṁbhitāyōdhanaḥ |
sadyastvatkakuṭhārabāṇavidalanniśśēṣasainyōtkarō
bhītipradrutanaṣṭaśiṣṭatanayastvāmāpataddhēhayaḥ || 36-7 ||
līlāvāritanarmadājalavalallaṅkēśagarvāpaha-
śrīmadbāhusahasramuktabahuśastrāstraṁ nirundhannamum |
cakrē tvayyatha vaiṣṇavē:’pi viphalē buddhvā hariṁ tvāṁ mudā
dhyāyantaṁ chitasarvadōṣamavadhīḥ sō:’gātparaṁ tē padam || 36-8 ||
bhūyō:’marṣitahēhayātmajagaṇaistātē hatē rēṇukā-
māghnānāṁ hr̥dayaṁ nirīkṣya bahuśō ghōrāṁ pratijñāṁ vahan |
dhyānānītarathāyudhastvamakr̥thā vipradruhaḥ kṣatriyān
dikcakrēṣu kuṭhārayanviśikhayan niḥkṣatriyāṁ mēdinīm || 36-9 ||
tātōjjīvanakr̥nnr̥pālakakulaṁ trissaptakr̥tvō jayan
santarpyātha samantapañcakamahāraktahr̥daughē pitr̥n |
yajñē kṣmāmapi kāśyapādiṣu diśan sālvēna yudhyan punaḥ
kr̥ṣṇō:’muṁ nihaniṣyatīti śamitō yuddhāt kumārairbhavān || 36-10 ||
nyasyāstrāṇi mahēndrabhūbhr̥ti tapastanvanpunarmajjitāṁ
gōkarṇāvadhi sāgarēṇa dharaṇīṁ dr̥ṣṭvārthitastāpasaiḥ |
dhyātēṣvāsadhr̥tānalāstracakitaṁ sindhuṁ sruvakṣēpaṇā-
dutsāryōddhr̥takēralō bhr̥gupatē vātēśa saṁrakṣa mām || 36-11 ||
iti ṣaṭtriṁśadaśakaṁ samāptam |
Narayaniyam Sattrimsadasakam Meaning:
In olden times you took the incarnation of Dathathreya,
The son of sage Athri and his wife Anasooya,
And owing to constant harassment by your disciples,
You lost all enthusiasm and started wandering at will,
Along with your wife and you were seen by you,
Great devotee Karthaveeryarjuna, the king of Hehaya,
and you gave him the boon of eightfold wealth,
And also gave him the boon of dying at your own hands. ॥ 36.1 ॥
Oh Lord Vishnu, then to honour the boon given by you to Karthaveeryarjuna,
And to annihilate the entire clan of kings, who were causing harm to Brahmins,
And who had become a great burden to earth and were kept in check,
Only by the valour of king Karthaveeryarjuna, you were born in the Bhrugu clan,
As the last son of sage Jamadagni and Renuka with the name Rama,
Causing very great delight to both your parents. ॥ 36.2 ॥
By the age of fourteen, you had completely mastered all the Vedas,
And cut off the head of your mother due to the order of your father,
Who got very angry with her due to her momentary attraction,
To a great Gandharva and also killed your brothers,
Who did not obey your father’s order and later,
When your father became peaceful, obtained a boon from him,
To bring all of them back to life and were also blessed by your mother. ॥ 36.3 ॥
Then you went from your hermitage, where Kama Dhenu,
Had been brought by your father to please your mother,
As per the directions of the respectable elder sage Bhrugu,
To the Himalayas and worshipped Lord Shiva there,
And from him got his white axe, killed the asura indicated by him,
And got further very many blessed arrows and other arms,
And got sage Akrita Verna as a friend and returned home. ॥ 36.4 ॥
At that time the king Karthaveeryarjuna who had come to hunt in the forest,
Was welcomed by your father and saw the great wealth given by the cow,
And was worshipped along with his army by your father as guests,
And on returning home as per the advice of a bad minister,
He sent the minister to buy Kamadhenu from your father,
And when he tried to take the cow by force and your father prevented it,
And your father was killed by the minister but his army was destroyed by the cow
But the evil-minded minister who was having an army abducted the cow’s calf. ॥ 36.5 ॥
Hearing about what happened from your father,
Who was brought back to life by sage Shukra,
Along with your friend Akrita Verna,
You meditated on Lord Shiva,
And armed with bow, sword and white axe,
Brought by Mahodhara a servant of Lord Shiva,
And getting into a chariot also brought by him,
You went and requested the king to return the calf,
Several times and when he did not give,
You waged a terrible war against the great king, ॥ 36.6 ॥
Karthaveeryarjuna, the king of Hehaya conducted that great war,
Along with his ten thousand sons, seventeen divisions of the army,
Several very valorous captains and crowds of his devoted friends,
And soon your white axe and arrows killed all his army,
And rest of his army ran away in fear and he attacked you along with his other sons. ॥ 36.7 ॥
Karthaveeryarjuna who was earlier playing by constructing a dam,
In the Narmada river by his two thousand hands, just for fun,
And destroyed the pride of Ravana who was worshipping there,
Used several divine weapons and arrows against you,
But they were stopped by you, and you also stopped the holy wheel,
And this made Karthaveeyarjuna understand that you are Vishnu himself,
And then when he started meditating on you, you cut of all his sins,
And put an end to Karthaveeryarjuna. ॥ 36.8 ॥
And then, when the very angry sons of Karthaveerya killed your father,
Seeing mother Renuka beating her chest several times
You took a fierce oath and by meditation got chariot and arms,
And fought in all directions using the sword and arrow,
Against the Kshatriyas who were traitors of Brahmins,
And made the entire earth free of Kshatriyas. ॥ 36.9 ॥
Then you brought back your father to life again,
And completely destroyed people belonging to clan of kings,
And offered libations to your ancestors,
In Samantha panchaka which are tanks of blood,
And gave away all your land other wealth to Kasyapa and others,
Waged a great War against king Salya, and stopped it,
When sage Sanathkumara told that Lord Krishna would kill him. ॥ 36.10 ॥
Oh Lord of Guruvayur who was Parasurama himself,
When after you discontinued use of weapons,
And was doing penance in the Mahendra mountain,
Seeing the landmass submerged in the sea from Gokarna,
After hearing the prayers of very many sages,
Using the bow summoned by meditation,
You sent an arrow called fire arrow,
Fearing which the sea moved away with its water,
And you saved and brought up the land of Kerala,
And you who is such a God, please protect me. ॥ 36.11 ॥
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