Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.50, 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).

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

प्राग्ज्योतिषेश्वरं भौमं
नरकाख्यं महा-बलम्
उवाच कंसो युद्धार्थी
युद्धं मे देहि दैत्य-राट्

prāgjyotiṣeśvaraṃ bhaumaṃ
narakākhyaṃ mahā-balam
uvāca kaṃso yuddhārthī
yuddhaṃ me dehi daitya-rāṭ

prāgjyotiṣaof Prāgjyotiṣa; īśvaram—the king; bhaumam—the son of the earth-goddess; naraka-ākhyam—named Naraka; mahā-balam—very strong; uvāca—said; kaṃsaḥKaṃsa; yuddhato fight; arthīdesiring; yuddham—fight; me—to me; dehigive; daitya-rāṭ—O king of the demons.

English translation of verse 1.6.50:

There, eager to fight, Kaṃsa said to Narakāsura, Prāgjyotiṣa City's very powerful king, who was a son of the earth-goddess, "O king of the demons, please give me a fight.

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