Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.19, 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 6 (Description of Kamsa’s Strength) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.6.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अहं जयी चेद् भवतो
दासान् सर्वान् करोम्य् अलम्
सर्वेषां पश्यतां तेषां
नागराणां महात्मनाम्
इति प्रतिज्ञां कृत्वाथ
युयुधे तैर् जयैषिभिः
ahaṃ jayī ced bhavato
dāsān sarvān karomy alam
sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ teṣāṃ
nāgarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
iti pratijñāṃ kṛtvātha
yuyudhe tair jayaiṣibhiḥ
aham—I; jayī—victorious; cet—if; bhavataḥ—you; dāsān—servants; sarvān—all; karomi—I do; alam—greatly; sarveṣām—of all; paśyatām—looking; teṣām—of them; nāgarāṇām—living in the city; mahātmanām—great souls; iti—thus; pratijñām—promise; kṛtvā—having done; atha—then; yuyudhe—fought; taiḥ—with them; jaya—victory; aiṣibhiḥ—desiring.
English translation of verse 1.6.19:
"If I win, I will make you all my servants." All these great fighters looked at him and agreed. Then Kaṃsa fought with them and they tried to defeat him.