Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.24, 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 2 of Chapter 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.14.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मीन-राज-विहारं यो
वीक्ष्य गेह-स्पृहो ऽभवत्
स उवाह महा-बुद्धिर्
मान्धातुस् तनुजा-शतम्
mīna-rāja-vihāraṃ yo
vīkṣya geha-spṛho 'bhavat
sa uvāha mahā-buddhir
māndhātus tanujā-śatam
mīna—of the fish; rāja—of the king; vihāram—the pastimes; yaḥ—who; vīkṣya—seeing; geha—household life; spṛhaḥ—desiring; abhavat—became; sa—he; uvāha—married; mahā-buddhiḥ—very intelligent; māndhātuḥ—of mandhata Muni; tanujā—daughters; śatam—hundred.
English translation of verse 2.14.24:
Watching the king of fish enjoy pastimes, Śaurabhi Muni desired to become a householder. He then married the hundred daughters of Mandhātā Muni.