Narayaniyam is a medieval Sanskrit text, comprising a summary study in poetic form of the Bhagavata Purana. It was composed by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri, (1560-1666 A.D.) one of the celebrated Sanskrit poets in Kerala. Even though the Narayaneeyam was completed as early as 1586 A.D., it appeared in print only after more than 250 years. The Bhagavata Purana is a major Hindu scripture consisting of about 18,000 verses, mainly devoted to the worship of Krishna.

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3. ramaajaane jaane yadiha tava bhakteShu vibhavO
na sadyaH sampadyastadiha madakR^ittvaadashaminaam |
prashaantiM kR^itvaiva pradishasi tataH kaamamakhilaM
prashaanteShu kshipraM na khalu bhavadiiyechyuti kathaa ||
According to my understanding, O Consort of Lakshmi, in this world,
prosperity is hard to come by for Thy devotees because of its propensity
to generate pride. To those whose minds have not become calm, Thou
dost fulfil their desires only after bringing mental tranquillity, whereas, to
those who have already attained that state of mind, Thou dost grant their
wishes without delay. For Thy devotees, there can never be any fall.

4. sadyaH prasaadaruShitaan vidhishankaraadiin
kechidvibhO nijaguNaanuguNaM bhajantaH |
bhraShTaa bhavanti bata kaShTamadiirghadR^iShTyaa
spaShTaM vR^ikaasura udaaharaNaM kilaasmin ||
O Lord, in accordance with their inborn inclinations, people often worship
Brahma, Siva and other gods, who are easily gratified and equally easily
irritated. Due to lack of foresight, such persons soon come to grief, alas.
The tale of the demon Vrikasura, is indeed, a clear instance of this.

5. shakunijaH sa tu naaradamekadaa
tvarita tOShamapR^ichChadadhiishvaram |
sa cha didesha giriishamupaasituM
na tu bhavantamabandhumasaadhuShu ||
Vrikasura, son of Sakuni, once sought the advice of Sage Narada as to
which god is quickly propitiated, and was directed by the latter to do
penance to Siva, and not to Thee, who art not favourably inclined to the
evil-minded.

6. tapastaptvaa ghOraM sa khalu kupitaH saptamadine
shirashChitvaa sadyaH puraharamupasthaapya purataH |
atikshudraM raudraM shirasi karadaanena nidhanaM
jagannaathaadvavre bhavati vimukhaanaaM kva shubhadhiiH
Getting no response after doing severe penance to Siva, (for six days),
Vrikasura lost his temper on the seventh day and, by threatening to cut off
his own head, he compelled Siva to appear before him, immediately.
Vrikasura asked, of that Lord of the universe, Siva, for the very trivial, but
pernicious, boon of being able to cause the death of anyone by placing his
(Vrikasura's) hand on the head of the other. How can anyone who has no
devotion to Thee, possess wisdom or discrimination ?

7. mOktaaraM bandhamuktO hariNapatiriva praadravat sO(a)tharudraM
daityaadbhiityaa smadevO dishi dishi valate pR^iShThatO dattadR^iShTiH |
tuuShNiike sarvalOke tava padamadhirOkshyantamudviikshya sharvaM
duuraadevaagratastvaM paTuvaTu vapuShaa tasthiShe daanavaaya ||
On being granted the boon he sought, that Asura charged at Siva, in the
like manner as a lion released from confinement rushes to attack its
saviour. Siva, thereupon took to his heels out of fear of the Asura and ran
about in all directions, all the time looking back at his pursuer. While the
entire world watched silently, Thou, espying Siva from a distance making
for Thy abode, didst assume the guise of a clever celibate (Brahmachari)
and confronted that demon, before he reached Vaikunttha.

8. bhadraM te shaakuneya bhramasi kimadhunaa tvaM pishaachasya vaachaa
sandehashchenmaduktau tava kimu na karOShyanguliimangamaulau |
itthaM tvadvaakya muuDhaH shirasi kR^itakaraH sO(a)patachChinna
paataM
bhramshO hyevaM parOpaasiturapi cha gatiH shuulinO(a)pi tvameva ||
Accosting the Asura with the words: "Hail to you, O son of Sakuni, why are
you running about now relying on the words of that ghost ? In case you
doubt my words, why not place your fingers on your head ? " Completely
taken in by these words of Thine, he placed his hand on his own head and
immediately fell down dead, like an uprooted tree. This is what becomes
of the devotees of other deities. However, Thou alone art, indeed, the
refuge, even of Siva.

9. bhR^iguM kila sarasvatiinikaTa vaasinastaapasaaH
trimuurtiShu samaadishannadhikasattvataaM veditum |
ayaM punaranaadaraaduditaruddharOShe vidhau
hare(a)pi cha jihimsiShau girijayaa dhR^ite tvaamagaat ||
Once, the sages residing on the banks of the river, Saraswati, wanting to
find out who among the Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva) was most Sattvik in
disposition, deputed Bhrigu (son of Brahma) on this quest. Brahma was
greatly angered by Bhrigu's lack of due respect to him, when he
approached him, but controlled his temper, while Siva, to whom, too,
Bhrigu showed similar disrespect, rushed to kill him, but was prevented by
Parvati. Bhrigu, then approached Thee.

10. suptaM ramaankabhuvi pankajalOchanaM tvaaM
vipre vinighnati padena mudOtthitastvam |
sarvaM kshamasva munivarya bhavetsadaa me
tvatpaadachihnamiha bhuuShaNamityavaadiiH ||
When the sage Bhrigu kicked Thee, O Lotus-eyed One, Thou, who wert
sleeping on Lakshmi Devi's lap, didst rise with joy and address him thus: "
O noblest of Sages, please forgive me for everything; your footprint on my
chest shall, forever, remain as a decoration (ornament) to me (the famed
Srivatsa).

11. nishchitya te cha sudR^iDhaM tvayi baddhabhaavaaH
saarasvataa munivaraa dadhire vimOksham |
tvaamevamachyuta punashchyuti dOShahiinaM
satvOchchayaika tanumeva vayaM bhajaamaH ||
Having thus identified Thee as possessing the Sattvic quality to the highest
degree, those sages residing on the banks of the Saraswati worshipped
Thee with steady devotion and attained salvation. We too, O Changeless
One, worship Thee alone, who art the sole embodiment of Sattwa Guna to
the most exalted degree, and art totally untainted by the fault of
subsequent degeneration or decay.

12. jagatsR^iShTyaadau tvaaM nigamanivahairvandibhiriva
stutaM viShNO sachchitparamarasa nirdvaitavapuSham |
paraatmaanaM bhuuman pashupa vanitaa bhaagya nivahaM
pariitaapashraantyai pavanapuravaasin paribhaje ||
O All-pervading Infinite One, O Lord of Guruvayur, for the eradication of
all my sorrows, I worship Thee, the Supreme Being, the non-dual (One
without a Second) Existence- Consciousness-Bliss, who wert, at the
commencement of Creation, extolled by all the Vedas, like bards, as it
were, and who art the embodiment of the aggregate merits of the Gopa
maidens.