Dasavathara Sthuthi in Malayalam

Dasavathara  Sthuthi in Malayalam

Prayer to ten incarnations

By

Thunjathu  Ezhuthachan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

( a remarkable prayer)

1.Darppena  nan mara   harichasu sindhu jala,

Mul puku  daithyane hanikkan  Maha  vibhava,

Mathsyavathaara  udan aarnee jagathukkale

Rakshicha   deva , Hari Narayanaya nama

Oh God when with pride when a rakshasa stealing

 The four Vedas  entered the water  of the ocean

 To kill him you took  the very great  incarnation of fish 

And recovered   it to earth  immediately, Salutations   to Hari   Narayana

2.Saaparthi  theerpathinnu   amarthyarkku  ponkalasa,

Vaarasi  mandhana  maha yathna maarnnalavu,

Thaazhunna mandhara  myurathethuvaan  Kamada,

Roopam daricha  Hari  narayanaya  nama

For removing   the curse  Of vas   when they,

Undertook very  high   effort in churning   the ocean,

For lifting up the  mandhara  mountain   which was  going down,

You took the form of a tortoise, Salutations to hari narayana

Van ghoniyaai  bathe Hiranyaksha Dushtane , va-,

Dhichu udharichu dharani chakra masthu puna,

Rambho Nrusimha vadivaarnno  Hirany kasipu

Ajnaa ghaana  kila  NaraYANAAYA NAMA

Taking the form of   wild boar   you killed   the evil,

Hiranyaksha and lifted   back   the earth   and again,

Took the form of   man lion  and   killed,

Hiranya Kasipu , salutations  again   to   Narayana

Tharesa   keerthiyodu mupparadakkiyara-

Saalaan kothicha Baliyodi  jagat   tritaaya,

Marala adakkuvathinnai vamanakruthiye,

Vyaajal    dharicha Hari  Narayana Hare

With the fame of a king. When Mahabali  .

Was greatly desirous of   controlling the   three worlds,

To   stifle   his pride you assumed    the form of 

Vamana  just for fun, Salutations to  Hari Narayana

Rakshithra dharma gathi saaikkuvaan kodiya,

Raksha   kulathe nihanikkan, pralamba mukha,

Sikshakkai  dharayil annudhicha vibhu rama 

Thrayaya, Hari Narayanaya  Nama

To implement   the Dharma of protection,

To kill   the clan of Rakshasas , for punshining,

And for   punshing Pralamba,You took birth,

As three Ramas  then,  Saltations to hari  Narayana

Sthuthyaa vidhaathu  Radha kamasaadhi   daithya jana,

Hathyarthamai   sujana  rakshartha mayumiha,

Krishnaakhye poondu avathaichor ameya guna,

Nadhyaasathaam  manasi   Narayanaaya nama

When Brahma and others  prayed  , for destroying

Kamsa and  other Rakshasa as well  as to rotect good people,.

You took incarnation in the  form of Krishna with  ,

Magnanimous character and stayed  in our mind, Salutations  to Narayana

Thingi jjanam skhalitha  vruthyaa dushichu, kali,

Thannandhya velayil dharmam thazhakkum,

Alavinnum janikkumiha  Kalki aakhyaa  poondu,

Hari konneduvaan  Khalare , Narayanaaya  Nama

The crowded  people  became evil due   to bad acts,

And in the   end of Kali age, seeing   the measure ,

Of growth of Dharma, Hari    will  take the form of kalki,

To kill   undesirable  people, Salutations   to Narayana