Narayaneeyam Dasakam 10

 

Narayaneeyam Dasakam - 10 - Variety of Creation

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Brahma having got the grace of Lord, started creation of yaksha, kinnara, other living and non-living things on earth. He also seeded ignorance by way of false apprehension, egoism, attachment, anger and fear in the living beings and later repenting for it, meditated upon the Lord for purification.

Four sages Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatanaand, Sanatkumara were created to help him with creation work. They spent time on meditation and contemplation due to extreme devotion to Lord and did not offer help. 

Brahma in anger then created Rudra. Rudra saw the world around and the undesirable happenings in it and started to shed tears, so Brahma named him rudra and asked him to start the creation. Rudra started to create beings which were frightful and so Brahma asked rudra to stop creation and directed him to perform penance for the sake of welfare of the world. 

Then came Dharmadeva, Kardama and Saraswathi. Brahma attracted to his own creation Saraswathi, later created vedas, puranas from his four faces and taught them to his sons. Unable to do creation further, Brahma surrendered to Lord once again, upon which he gained wisdom to create Male and female by dividing his body in to male concept and female concept. First male was called Swayambhumanu and female Satarupa who then took care of creation of species.

After explaining the process of creation of species, Bhattathiri prayed to Lord Guruvayoorappa who was responsible for evolution of human race, to cure him of his disease. Lord acknowledged his request immediately.

Dasakam: 010 -- Shlokam: 01

वैकुण्ठ वर्धितबलोऽथ भवत्प्रसादा-
दम्भोजयोनिरसृजत् किल जीवदेहान् ।
स्थास्नूनि भूरुहमयानि तथा तिरश्चां
जातिं मनुष्यनिवहानपि देवभेदान् ॥१॥

vaikuNTha vardhita balO(a)tha bhavatprasaadaa-

dambhOjayOnirasR^ijat kila jiivadehaan |
sthaasnuuni bhuuruhamayaani tathaa tirashchaaM
jaatiirmanuShya nivahaanapi deva bhedaan || 1II

Oh Lord of Vaikunta !  Due to Thy blessing, God Brahma created varieties of beings, those that grow on earth and are non-moving like trees etc., as well as the moving, like animals of human beings and the various gods like yaksha , Kinnara in order to provide bodies for all the  Jivas who take birth according to their past Karmas.

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मिथ्याग्रहास्मिमतिरागविकोपभीति-
रज्ञानवृत्तिमिति पञ्चविधां स सृष्ट्वा ।
उद्दामतामसपदार्थविधानदून -
स्तेने त्वदीयचरणस्मरणं विशुद्ध्यै ॥२॥

mithyaagrahaasmimati raaga vikOpa bhiitiraj~
naana vR^ittimiti pa~nchavidhaaM sa sR^iShTvaa |
uddaama taamasa padaartha vidhaanaduuna-

stene tvadiiya charaNasmaraNaM vishuddhyai ||2II

Brahma then created the five-fold effects of ignorance i.e. "false apprehension", Egoism, attachment, anger and fear.  Having created these extremely negative qualities Later he repented for creating these qualities and contemplated upon the Lord for purification.

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तावत् ससर्ज मनसा सनकं सनन्दं
भूय: सनातनमुनिं च सनत्कुमारम् ।
ते सृष्टिकर्मणि तु तेन नियुज्यमाना-
स्त्वत्पादभक्तिरसिका जगृहुर्न वाणीम् ॥३॥

taavat sasarja manasaa sanakaM sanandaM
bhuuyaH sanaatana muniM cha sanatkumaaram |
te sR^iShTi karmaNi tu tena niyujyamaanaa-

stvatpaadabhakti rasikaa jagR^ihurna vaaNiim ||3II

Then Brahma created out of his mind, the four sages, Sanaka, Sananda, Sanatanaand Sanatkumara. Although he asked them to carry on the work of creation, But these sages were solely devoted to the worship of the Supreme Lord.

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तावत् प्रकोपमुदितं प्रतिरुन्धतोऽस्य
भ्रूमध्यतोऽजनि मृडो भवदेकदेश: ।
नामानि मे कुरु पदानि च हा विरिञ्चे-
त्यादौ रुरोद किल तेन स रुद्रनामा ॥४॥

taavat prakOpamuditaM pratirundhatO(a)sya
bhruumadhyatO(a)jani mR^iDO bhavadekadeshaH |
naamaani me kuru padaani cha haa viri~nche-

tyaadau rurOda kila tena sa rudranaamaa ||4II

Lord Brahma got angry and from between the eyebrows, RUDRA came, who was a part of Thine ownself.  Mrida cried out to Brahma to provide him with names and abodes. Thus Mrida came to be known as Rudra. or one who came from tears.

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एकादशाह्वयतया च विभिन्नरूपं
रुद्रं विधाय दयिता वनिताश्च दत्वा ।
तावन्त्यदत्त च पदानि भवत्प्रणुन्न:
प्राह प्रजाविरचनाय च सादरं तम् ॥५॥

ekaadashaahvayatayaa cha vibhinnaruupaM
rudraM vidhaaya dayitaa vanitaashcha datvaa |
taavantyadatta cha padaani bhavatpraNunnaH
praaha prajaavirachanaaya cha saadaraM tam ||5II

Brahmaa then prompted by Thee, gave Rudra eleven names and gave as many wives and an equal number of places. Then he kindly requested him to help in the creative process

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रुद्राभिसृष्टभयदाकृतिरुद्रसंघ-
सम्पूर्यमाणभुवनत्रयभीतचेता: ।
मा मा प्रजा: सृज तपश्चर मङ्गलाये-
त्याचष्ट तं कमलभूर्भवदीरितात्मा ॥६॥

rudraabhisR^iShTa bhayadaakR^iti rudrasangha
sampuuryamaaNa bhuvanatraya bhiitachetaaH |
maa maa prajaaH sR^ija tapashchara mangalaaye-

tyaachaShTa taM kamalabhuurbhavadiiritaatmaa ||6II

Rudra's creations were frightful and he was asked to stop creation and concentrate on penance for the welfare of the world.

Dasakam: 010 -- Shlokam: 07

तस्याथ सर्गरसिकस्य मरीचिरत्रि-
स्तत्राङिगरा: क्रतुमुनि: पुलह: पुलस्त्य: ।
अङ्गादजायत भृगुश्च वसिष्ठदक्षौ
श्रीनारदश्च भगवन् भवदंघ्रिदास: ॥७॥

tasyaatha sargarasikasya mariichiratri-

statraangiraaH kratumuniH pulahaH pulastyaH |
angaadajaayata bhR^igushcha vasiShThadakshau
shriinaaradashcha bhagavan bhavadanghridaasaH ||7II

Brahma again started the work of creation Thereafter, from the body of Brahma, he created the ten great sages were born Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Kratu ,Pulaha, Pulasthya, Bhrigu, Vasishta, Daksha and Sri Narada. Among them Narada was an ardent devotee of Thy lotus feet.

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धर्मादिकानभिसृजन्नथ कर्दमं च
वाणीं विधाय विधिरङ्गजसंकुलोऽभूत् ।
त्वद्बोधितैस्सनकदक्षमुखैस्तनूजै-
रुद्बोधितश्च विरराम तमो विमुञ्चन् ॥८॥

dharmaadikaanabhisR^ijannatha kardamaM cha
vaaNiiM vidhaaya vidhirangaja sankulO(a)bhuut |
tvadbOdhitaissanakadakshamukhaistanuujai-

rudbOdhitashcha viraraama tamO vimu~nchan ||8II

Brahma then created Dharmadeva, Kardama, Saraswathi and others. Brahma was infatuated by love at the sight of Saraswathi . He was then overcome with desire for her, his own creation.  He also brought out the Vedas and the Puranas and taught them to his sons. However, prompted by Thee, Sanaka Daksha and his other sons enlightened him and he gave up desire born of ignorance.

Dasakam: 010 -- Shlokam: 09

वेदान् पुराणनिवहानपि सर्वविद्या:
कुर्वन् निजाननगणाच्चतुराननोऽसौ ।
पुत्रेषु तेषु विनिधाय स सर्गवृद्धि-
मप्राप्नुवंस्तव पदाम्बुजमाश्रितोभूत् ॥९॥

vedaan puraaNa nivahaanapi sarvavidyaaH

kurvannijaanana gaNaachchaturaananO(a)sau |
putreShu teShu vinidhaaya sa sargavR^iddhim
apraapnuvamstava padaambujamaashritO(a)bhuut ||9II

Brahmaa then brought out the Vedas and all the Puraanas and all the other branches of learning, from his four faces and taught them to his sons. He then found himself unable to further the process of creation and so he took refuge at Thy lotus feet.

Dasakam: 010 -- Shlokam: 10

जानन् उपायम्-अथ देहम्-अजो विभज्य

स्त्री-पुंस-भावम्-अभजत् मनु-तत्-वधूभ्याम्

ताभ्यां च मानुषकुलानि विवर्धयन्

त्वं गोविन्द मारुतपुराधिप निरुन्धि रोगान् ॥१०॥

jaanann upaayam-atha deham-ajO vibhajya

strii-pumsa-bhaavam-abhajat manu-tat-vadhuubhyaam |

taabhyaaM cha maanuShakulaani vivardhayan

tvaM gOvinda maarutapuraadhipa nirundhi rOgaan || 10 ||

As he was not able to continue further 'creation', he meditated upon the lord. Wisdom dawned on him and he symbolically divided his body into two halves i.e. the "MALE" concept and the "FEMALE" concept .From the Male concept emerged the first man in the world, SWAYAMBHUVA MANU and from the female concept sprung the first woman in the world, SATARUPA. They were the first man and woman who multiplied the species of man to its present level of population explosion.

" O Lord of Guruvayur," concludes the author of "Narayaneeyam" at the end of the 10th Dasaka, Guruvayurappa ! Oh Thou who multiplies the human race ! Thus, please save me from all my affliction.