Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.14.24, 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 14 (The Liberation of Shakatasura and Trinavarta) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.14.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
तस्माद् उत्कच-दैत्यस् तु
मुक्तो लोमश-तेजसा
सद्भ्यो नमो ऽस्तु ये नूनं
समर्था वर-शापयोः
śrī-nārada uvāca
tasmād utkaca-daityas tu
mukto lomaśa-tejasā
sadbhyo namo 'stu ye nūnaṃ
samarthā vara-śāpayoḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; tasmāt—from that; utkaca-daityaḥ—the demon Utkaca; tu—indeed; muktaḥ—liberated; lomaśa-tejasā—by the power of Lomaśa; sadbhyaḥ—to the saintly devotees; namaḥ—obeisances; astu—should be; ye—who; nūnam—indeed; samarthāḥ—are able; vara—to bless; śāpayoḥ—or curse.
English translation of verse 1.14.24:
Śrī Nārada said: In this way the power of Lomaśa Muni gave liberation to the demon Utkaca. I offer my respectful obeisances to the saintly devotees of the Lord, who have the power both to bless and to curse.