NaaraayaNeeyam

[soundararajan50]

Dasakam: 009 -- Shlokam: 09
शतं कृततपास्तत: स खलु दिव्यसंवत्सरा-
नवाप्य च तपोबलं मतिबलं च पूर्वाधिकम् ।
उदीक्ष्य किल कम्पितं पयसि पङ्कजं वायुना
भवद्बलविजृम्भित: पवनपाथसी पीतवान् ॥९॥

shataM kR^ita tapaastataH sa khalu divya sanvatsaraan
avaapya cha tapObalaM matibalaM cha puurvaadhikam |
udiikshya kila kampitaM payasi pankajaM vaayunaa
bhavadbalavijR^imbhitaH pavanapaathasii piitavaan || 9

Then God Brahma did penance for a hundred divine years and acquired more strength from penance and more intelligence than ever before. Seeing the lotus trembling in thewater due to the wind, he inhaled both the wind and water, heartened by Thy moral support.