object:17.09 - Victory to the World Master
book class:Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta - Vol 05
author class:Nolini Kanta Gupta
subject class:Integral Yoga
class:chapter
Last Hymn A Hymn
Other Authors Nolini Kanta Gupta TranslationsSanskritVictory to the World Master
Victory to the World Master
(The Ten Avataras of Gita Govinda)
In the waters of the Great Deluge, serving as a boat
untroubled you upbear the Book of Knowledge.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Fish. Victory
to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
The earth reposes on your far vaster back, heavily crusted
with scales because of the load upon it.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Tortoise. Victory
to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
The earth clings to the edge of your tusk, even as the lunar
stain is imbedded in the moon.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Boar. Victory
to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
The digits of your hands are like rose petals but the nails
at the end are like some strange horns, and these have
ripped open the body of the Asura, as through the bodyof a bee.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Man-Lion. Victory
to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
A strange Dwarf, you duped Bali with your cunning; the
water touched by your feet purifies human peoples.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the body of a Dwarf. Victory to
the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
In the streaming blood of the warrior tribe you have bathedthe world,
washed out all its sins, soothed the burningpain of earthly life.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the form of Parasurama.
Victory to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
In the ten directions, to the ten godheads you havedistributed
the ten heads of Ravana, as a happy offeringdesired by them.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the form of the Prince of Raghus.
Victory to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
On your white body you have put on a blue robe that
matches beautifully with the blue Yamuna clinging to
you for fear of being dragged by your ploughshare.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the form of Haladhara (the
wielder of the plough). Victory to the Lord! Victory
to the Master of the World!
Oh, you condemn the sacrificial rites as ordained by the
Holy Scriptures, your heart melting at the sight of animalsbeing slaughtered.
Lo, the Lord has assumed the form of the Enlightened One
(the Buddha). Victory to the Lord! Victory to the
Master of the World!
To slay the whole host of the Invaders, you have unsheathed
your sword, how frightful, even as a streaming comet!
Lo, the Lord has assumed the form of Kalki.
Victory to the Lord! Victory to the Master of the World!
Listen to the sublime hymn that brings happiness and
welfare, the very cream of creation, sung by the
poet Jayadeva.
I bow down to Krishna, to his ten incarnations, to him who
saves the Vedas, who bears the world, uplifts the earth,
slays the Titans, confounds Bali, destroys the Kshattriyas,
conquers the son of Pulastya, wields the Plough, who
pours out his compassion, to him who routs the Hostiles.
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