Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.1.10, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 1 of Chapter 1 (Description of Shri-Krishna’s Glories) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

मिथिला-नागरे पूर्वं
बहुलाश्वः प्रतापवान्
श्री-कृष्ण-भक्तः शान्तात्मा
बभूव निरहङ्कृतिः

mithilā-nāgare pūrvaṃ
bahulāśvaḥ pratāpavān
śrī-kṛṣṇa-bhaktaḥ śāntātmā
babhūva nirahaṅkṛtiḥ

mithilā-nāgare—in Mithilā City; pūrvam—in ancient times; bahulāśvaḥBahulāśva; pratāpavān—powerful; śrī-kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhaktaḥ—a devotee; śāntapeaceful; ātmāat heart; babhūva—was; nirahaṅkṛtiḥ—free from false ego.

English translation of verse 1.1.10:

In the city of Mithilā in ancient times lived a powerful king named Bahulāśva, who was peaceful at heart, free of false ego, and a great devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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