NaaraayaNeeyam

[soundararajan50]

Dasakam: 009 -- Shlokam: 01


Brahma searching on all four Directions:
स्थितस्स कमलोद्भवस्तव हि नाभिपङ्केरुहे


कुत: स्विदिदमम्बुधावुदितमित्यनालोकयन् ।


तदीक्षणकुतूहलात् प्रतिदिशं विवृत्तानन-


श्चतुर्वदनतामगाद्विकसदष्टदृष्ट्यम्बुजाम् ॥१॥

sthitassa kamalOdbhavastava hi naabhipankeruhe
kutaH svididamambudhaavuditamityanaalOkayan |
tadiikshaNa kutuuhalaat pratidishaM vivR^ittaananashchaturvadanataamagaad
vikasadaShTadR^iShTyambujaam || 1

Sitting in the lotus on Thy navel Brahma could not at first discover the source of that lotus.Being eager to know its origin, He was thus endowed with four faces and lotus-like eight beautiful eyes. thereby acquiring four faces with eight eyes like full-blown lotuses.he turned his face on all directions and thereby got four faces with eight eyes.He could not yet find out his origin.