Narayaneeyam Dasakam 32
Narayaneeyam Dasakam 32 - Matsya Avataram
Sathya yuga was about to end and Pralaya was to take place at the end of the sixth Manvantara. Brahma went to sleep, asura Hayagriva emerged from his face, stole the Vedas and hid himself deep in the ocean. The power for creation for Brahma came from these vedas, so Lord decided to incarnate as Matsya (fish) and save the world before the Pralaya.
The king of Pandya Kingdom called Satyavrata, later known as Manu, was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. One day when he was doing Deva Rishi tarpanam in waters of Kritamalaa river, the one which runs to the south of present vaigai river in Madurai, Lord entered into his hands as tiny fish.
When Satyavrata was about to leave the fish in to water, the fish requested it to be protected. Satyavrata then left the fish in his kamandala of water, and took it to his ashram. Next day, it grew big in size and as the fish kept on growing bigger, it was moved to well, then to a pond, then to a river and finally to ocean.
Sathyavratha took the fish to the ocean by sensing the uniqueness of it by his yogic powers. He saw the fish grow bigger in ocean too and questioned it as to who it really was. As the chance of fish growing up so fast and big is not possible, he decided that it should be Lord himself in fish form.
Lord appeared before satyavratha and told him the reason for his incarnation. Lord asked him to wait for pralaya which would come in seven days. On the seventh day, rains came, water submerged the entire earth. Sathyavratha and divine saptarishis took refuge in Lord, when earth in the form of boat approached them and carried them. As boat was being tossed in turbulent ocean, Lord appeared in the form of fish with a horn and asked the boat to be tied to its horns by the king of serpents, Vasuki.
As the boat was being pulled and taken around various regions of the universe, King Satyavarata and divine sages sang Lord's glory and pleased with it, Lord imparted the knowledge of aatman. At the end of the deluge, Saptharishis were put back in their places and Sathyavrata was reborn as the Vaivasvatha Manu.
Now Lord went in search of the asura Hayagriva and attacked him with rage. Hayagriva was made powerless and his chest was tore apart by the horns of the fish. Lord recovered the Vedas from Hayagriva and handed over them to Brahmaa to restart the creation.
Bhattathiri praised the Lord who came in form of Fish to restore vedas and advise the knowledge of atman to Sathyavratha and Saptharishis and requested to be protected.
PS: We get to know from Matsya avatharam that Lord only can help us cross the samsara sagaram. To help us cross the samsara sagaram with the blessing of Lord, we need a boat which is "Sathguru". One who listens to this or chants this, will get rid of all sins and get to cross the samsara sagaram easily, will get all their wishes fulfilled. - from the explanatory notes of Sengalipuram Brahmasri Anantharama Dikshithar.
The king of Pandya Kingdom called Satyavrata, later known as Manu, was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. One day when he was doing Deva Rishi tarpanam in waters of Kritamalaa river, the one which runs to the south of present vaigai river in Madurai, Lord entered into his hands as tiny fish.
When Satyavrata was about to leave the fish in to water, the fish requested it to be protected. Satyavrata then left the fish in his kamandala of water, and took it to his ashram. Next day, it grew big in size and as the fish kept on growing bigger, it was moved to well, then to a pond, then to a river and finally to ocean.
Sathyavratha took the fish to the ocean by sensing the uniqueness of it by his yogic powers. He saw the fish grow bigger in ocean too and questioned it as to who it really was. As the chance of fish growing up so fast and big is not possible, he decided that it should be Lord himself in fish form.
Lord appeared before satyavratha and told him the reason for his incarnation. Lord asked him to wait for pralaya which would come in seven days. On the seventh day, rains came, water submerged the entire earth. Sathyavratha and divine saptarishis took refuge in Lord, when earth in the form of boat approached them and carried them. As boat was being tossed in turbulent ocean, Lord appeared in the form of fish with a horn and asked the boat to be tied to its horns by the king of serpents, Vasuki.
As the boat was being pulled and taken around various regions of the universe, King Satyavarata and divine sages sang Lord's glory and pleased with it, Lord imparted the knowledge of aatman. At the end of the deluge, Saptharishis were put back in their places and Sathyavrata was reborn as the Vaivasvatha Manu.
Now Lord went in search of the asura Hayagriva and attacked him with rage. Hayagriva was made powerless and his chest was tore apart by the horns of the fish. Lord recovered the Vedas from Hayagriva and handed over them to Brahmaa to restart the creation.
Bhattathiri praised the Lord who came in form of Fish to restore vedas and advise the knowledge of atman to Sathyavratha and Saptharishis and requested to be protected.
PS: We get to know from Matsya avatharam that Lord only can help us cross the samsara sagaram. To help us cross the samsara sagaram with the blessing of Lord, we need a boat which is "Sathguru". One who listens to this or chants this, will get rid of all sins and get to cross the samsara sagaram easily, will get all their wishes fulfilled. - from the explanatory notes of Sengalipuram Brahmasri Anantharama Dikshithar.
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 01
पुरा हयग्रीवमहासुरेण षष्ठान्तरान्तोद्यदकाण्डकल्पे ।निद्रोन्मुखब्रह्ममुखात् हृतेषु वेदेष्वधित्स: किल मत्स्यरूपम् ॥१॥
puraa hayagriiva mahaasureNa ShaShThaantaraantOdyadakaaNDakalpe |
nidrOnmukha brahma mukhaaddhR^iteShu vedeShvadhitsaH kila matsyaruupam || 1
Very long long ago during the Pralaya which took place at the end of the sixth Manvantara, when Brahmaa was about to sleep, the great Asura Hayagreeva stole the Vedas from his mouth. In order to restore them, Thou decided to incarnate as a fish.
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 02
सत्यव्रतस्य द्रमिलाधिभर्तुर्नदीजले तर्पयतस्तदानीम् ।
कराञ्जलौ सञ्ज्वलिताकृतिस्त्वमदृश्यथा: कश्चन बालमीन: ॥२॥
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 03
कराञ्जलौ सञ्ज्वलिताकृतिस्त्वमदृश्यथा: कश्चन बालमीन: ॥२॥
satyavratasya dramilaadhibharturnadiijale tarpayatastadaaniim |
karaa~njalau sanjvalitaakR^itistvamadR^ishyathaaH kashchana baalamiinaH || 2
Sage Satyavrata, the king of Pandya, was doing Tarpana in the waters of the river Kritamaalaa. In his joined palms, then, Thou appeared as a lustrous indescribable form of a shining tiny fish.
क्षिप्तं जले त्वां चकितं विलोक्य निन्येऽम्बुपात्रेण मुनि: स्वगेहम् ।
स्वल्पैरहोभि: कलशीं च कूपं वापीं सरश्चानशिषे विभो त्वम् ॥३॥
kshiptaM jale tvaaM chakitaM vilOkya ninye(a)mbu paatreNa muniH svageham |
svalpairahObhiH kalashiiM cha kuupaM vaapiiM sarashchaanashiShe vibhO tvam || 3
Oh Thou Omnipresent One ! Seeing Thee trembling as if in fear, when put back in the water, the royal sage took Thee home in his water bowl; in a few days time Thou grew in size to fill the water bowl and then to the size of a well, still again to the size of a tank and finally Thou fish big enough to fill a lake
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 04
पृष्टोऽमुना कल्पदिदृक्षुमेनं सप्ताहमास्वेति वदन्नयासी: ॥४॥
yOgaprabhaavaadbhavadaaj~nayaiva niitastatastvaM muninaa payOdhim |
pR^iShTO(a)munaa kalpadidR^ikshumenaM saptaahamaasveti vadannayaasiiH || 4
Then at Thy command sage Satyavrata took Thee to the ocean by means of his yogic powers. On his expressing a desire to see the Pralaya, Thou asked him to wait for seven days. Then Thou disappeared.
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 05सप्तर्षिभि: सार्धमपारवारिण्युद्घूर्णमान: शरणं ययौ त्वाम् ॥५॥
praapte tvadukte(a)hani vaaridhaaraa pariplute bhuumitale muniindraH |
saptarShibhiH saardhamapaaravaari NyudghuurNamaanaH sharaNaM yayautvaam || 5
As promised by Thee, on the seventh day, the rains came and the entire earth was submerged in the waters of the deluge. The royal sage, along with the Saptharshis, being tossed and turned in the boundless waters, took refuge in Thee
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 06तत्कम्पकम्प्रेषु च तेषु भूयस्त्वमम्बुधेराविरभूर्महीयान् ॥६॥
dharaantvadaadeshakariimavaaptaaM nauruupiNiimaaruruhustadaa te |
tatkampakampreShu cha teShu bhuuya stvamambudheraavirabhuurmahiiyaan || 6
Ever obedient to Thee the earth in the form of a boat approached at Thy command which they then boarded. And when they were terrified by the boat's trembling, Thou again appeared in the ocean in the form of a huge fish.
Dasakam32 Shlokam: 07
निरीक्ष्य तुष्टा मुनयस्त्वदुक्त्या त्वत्तुङ्गशृङ्गे तरणिं बबन्धु: ॥७॥
jhaShaakR^itiM yOjanalakshadiirghaaM dadhaanamuchchaistara tejasaM tvaam |
niriikshya tuShTaa munayastvaduktyaa tvattungashR^inge taraNiM babandhuH || 7
The sages were delighted to see Thee of exceeding glory in the form of a fish about a lakh of yojanas in length. At Thy command, they tied the boat to Thy high prominent horns.Dasakam32 Shlokam: 08
संस्तूयमानो नृवरेण तेन ज्ञानं परं चोपदिशन्नचारी: ॥८॥
aakR^iShTa naukO munimaNDalaaya pradarshayan vishvajagadvibhaagaan |
samstuuyamaanO nR^ivareNa tena j~naanaM paraM chOpadishannachaariiH || 8
As Thou pulled the boat, Thou showed the sages the various regions of the world. The great king Satyavrata sang hymns of Thy glory, and Thou moved about bestowing on him the knowledge of the Aatman.
Dasakam:32 Shlokam: 09कल्पावधौ सप्तमुनीन् पुरोवत् प्रस्थाप्य सत्यव्रतभूमिपं तम् ।
वैवस्वताख्यं मनुमादधान: क्रोधाद् हयग्रीवमभिद्रुतोऽभू: ॥९॥
kalpaavadhau saptamuniin purOvat prasthaapya satyavratabhuumipaM tam |
vaivasvataakhyaM manumaadadhaanaH krOdhaaddhayagriivamabhidrutO(a)bhuuH || 9
At the end of the Pralaya, Thou installed the seven sages in their places as before. The king Satyavrata was installed as the Vaivasvata Manu. Then Thou attacked the demon Hayagreeva in great rage.
Dasakam:32 Shlokam:10विरिञ्चये प्रीतहृदे ददान: प्रभञ्जनागारपते प्रपाया: ॥१०॥
svatungashR^ingakshata vakshasaM taM nipaatya daityaM nigamaan gR^ihiitvaa |
viri~nchaye priitahR^ide dadaanaH prabha~njanaagaarapate prapaayaaH || 10
Thou with Thy great horns tore apart the chest of the Asura Hayagreeva and killed him. Then recovering the Vedas, handed them over to the delighted Brahmaa. O Lord of Guruvaayur! Protect me.
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