Printing - Bhaktivedanta VedaBase 2003.1

happiness, a bestower of auspiciousness, and is the best thing in this dark
world.
Text Twelve
vedän uddharate jaganti vahate bhü-golam udbibhrate
daityaà därayate balià chalayate kñatra-kñayaà kurvate
paulastyaà jayate halaà kalayate käruëyam ätanvate
mlecchän mürchayate daçakåti-kåte kåñëäya tubhyaà namaù
SYNONYMS
vedän uddharate–rescuing the Vedas; jaganti vahate–bearing the Mandara
Mountain on Your back; bhü-golam udbibhrate–lifting the earth; daityam
därayate–tearing apart the demon Hiraëyakaçipu; balim chalayate–tricking
the demon king Bali; kñatra-kñayam kurvate–slaying all of the wicked
kñatriyas; paulastyam jayate–conquering the son of Pulastya [the räkñasa king
Rävaëa]; halam kalayate–carrying a plow; käruëyam ätanvate–showing
compassion; mlecchän mürchayate–killing the degraded low-class men;
daça-äkåti kåte–O You who appears in the forms of these ten incarnations!;
kåñëäya–O Lord Kåñëa!; tubhyam namaù–I offer my obeisances unto You.
TRANSLATION
O Lord Kåñëa, I offer my obeisances unto You, who appear in the forms of
these ten incarnations. In the form of Matsya You rescue the Vedas, and as
Kürma You bear the Mandara Mountain on Your back. As Varäha You lift the
earth with Your tusk, and in the form of Narasiàha You tear open the chest of
the daitya Hiraëyakaçipu. In the form of Vämana You trick the daitya king
Bali by asking him for only three steps of land, and then You take away the
whole universe from him by expanding Your steps. As Paraçuräma You slay all
of the wicked kñatriyas, and as Rämacandra You conquer the räkñasa king
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