Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.14.14, 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 4 of Chapter 14 (The Story of the Jalandharis) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.14.14
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दूतस् तु मथुराम् एत्य
सभां गत्वा नताननः
कृताञ्जलिश् चौग्रसेनिं
नत्वा प्राह गिरार्द्रया
dūtas tu mathurām etya
sabhāṃ gatvā natānanaḥ
kṛtāñjaliś caugraseniṃ
natvā prāha girārdrayā
dūtaḥ—the messenger; tu—indeed; mathurām—to Mathura; etya—going; sabhām—assembling; gatvā—going; natānanaḥ—with bowed head; kṛtāñjaliḥ—and folded hands; ca—and; augrasenim—to Kaṃsa; natvā—bowing; prāha—said; girā—with words; ardrayā—choked with emotion.
English translation of verse 4.14.14:
The messenger went to Mathurā, entered the royal assembly, with folded hands and bowed head offered obeisances to King Kaṃsa, and in a voice choked with emotion spoke the following words.