Garuda Dandakam

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Sri Sampat has posted uplifting articles on Garudalvar recently. In the

recent past, Mr. Sadagopan introduced Garuda Dandakam and I am not sure

whether he posted the translation of the Same. Here is my attempt as I was

recently going over a vyakhyanam (in Kannada) on Garuda Dandakam wrttten by

my father and published in the sixties. I hope to do one charanam at a time.

Here is the first charanam.

Garuda Dandakam (First Charanam):

Original :

Garudam akhila- veda- neeDaadhirooDham (neeDa + adhirooDhanam),

dwiShatpeeDanOthkanTita (dwiShat + peeDana +uthkanTita)

akunTa VaikunTa - peeTee- krita - skandham,

eeDe,

swaneeDa-agati - preeta - rudraa - sukeerti - sthanaa- bhoga - gaDhOpagooDha

- sPuratkantaka - vraata - vedha -vyathaa - vepamaana - dwigihvaadhipa -

aakalpa- viShpaaryamaaNa-sPataavaaTkaa-ratna-rOchiscHataa-raaji-neeraaajitam,

Kaanti-kallolinee-raajitam.

 

Transation: (Anvayartham)

I PRAISE GARUDA

(WHO IS) GLOWING WITH A FLOOD OF TEJAS

(WHO IS) ESTABLISHED IN THE VEDAS

(WHO) LOVES TO PUNISH THE WICKED

(WHO IS) INVINCIBLE

(WHO IS) THE VEHICLE OF VISHNU

(WHO IS) ILLUMINED BY THE AARATI FROM A ROW OF GLOWING GEMS FROM AN ARRAY OF

SHAKING HOODS OF THE CELEBRATED SERPANTS, WHO ARE TREMBLING WITH PAIN CAUSED

BY THE ROMANTIC OUTBURSTS , WHEN RUDRA AND SUKEERTI (TWO WIVES OF GARUDA) OF

SUMPTUOUS BOSSOMS, INTIMATELY EMBRACED HIM(GARUDA) WHEN HE RETURNED

(VICTORIOUS) TO THEIR NEST.

 

 

 

(pratipadartham)

 

Garudam eeDe

 

I PRAISE (SUCH A) GARUDA

 

akhila- veda- neeDaadhirooDham (neeDa + adhirooDhanam)

 

Established or residing (adhirooDham) in the nest or cage (neeDa) made of

all the 4 Vedas (akhila-veda):

 

(WHO IS) ESTABLISHED IN THE VEDAS

 

dwiShatpeeDanOthkanTita (dwiShat + peeDana + uthkanTita)

 

Rejoices (uthkanTita) in punishing (peeDana) enemies (dwiShat):

 

(WHO) LOVES TO PUNISH THE WICKED

 

akunTa

 

Can not be stopped by anyone

 

(WHO IS) INVINCIBLE

 

VaikunTa - peeTee- krita - skandham

 

Made (krita) his back (skandham) the seat (peeThee) for Vishnu (VaikunTa)

(WHO IS) THE VEHICLE OF VISHNU

 

swaneeDa-agati - preeta - rudraa - sukeerti - sthanaa- bhoga - gaDhOpagooDha

- sPuratkantaka - vraata - vedha -vyathaa - vepamaana - dwigihvaadhipa -

aakalpa- viShpaaryamaaNa-sPataavaaTkaa-ratna-rOchiscHataa-raaji-neeraaajitam

 

Garuda Illuminated by arati (neerajitam)

emnating from a row (raaji) of

glowing precious gems (ratna-rOchiscHataa)

located on the wide open (viShpaaryamaaNa)

trembling (vepamana)

array of hoods (sPataavaaTkaa) of the

decorated (aakalpa) serpant kings (dwigihvaadhipa),

trembling (vepamaana) due to pain (vyathaa) caused (Vedha)

by the romantic outbursts (sPuratkantaka - vraata) when Garuda was intimately

embraced (gaDhOpagooDha) at their sumptuous bossoms (sthanaa- bhoga) by

rudra and sukeerti, the two wives of Garuda (rudraa - sukeerti) who were

overcome by joy (preeta) when Garuda returned (aagati) victorious to their

nest (swaneeDa).

 

(Who is) ILLUMINED BY THE AARATI FROM A ROW OF GLOWING GEMS FROM AN ARRAY OF

SHAKING HOODS OF THE CELEBRATED SERPANT WHO ARE TREMBLING WITH PAIN CAUSED

BY THE ROMANTIC OUTBURSTS CAUSED WHEN RUDRA AND SUKEERTI OF SUMPTUOUS BOSSOMS

INTIMATELY EMBRACED HIM(GARUDA) UPON HIS RETURN TO THEIR NEST.

 

Kaanti-kallolinee-raajitam

 

(who is) GLOWING WITH A FLOOD OF TEJAS

 

Garudalvar thiruvadighale sharanam

K. Sreekrishna (Tatachar).