Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.1.3, 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 5 of Chapter 1 (Advice to Kamsa) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.1.3
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
अथैकदाहं मथुरां पुरीं परां
विलोकितुं चागतवान् नृपेश्वर
कर्तुं परं दैत्य-वधोद्यमं हरेः
परस्य साक्षान् मनसा प्रणोदितः
śrī-nārada uvāca
athaikadāhaṃ mathurāṃ purīṃ parāṃ
vilokituṃ cāgatavān nṛpeśvara
kartuṃ paraṃ daitya-vadhodyamaṃ hareḥ
parasya sākṣān manasā praṇoditaḥ
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; atha—then; ekadā—one day; aham—I; mathurām purīm—to Mathurā City; parām—great; vilokitum—to see; ca—and; āgatavān—went; nṛpeśvara—O king of kings; kartum—to do; param—great; daitya-vadhodyamam—killing of demons; hareḥ—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; parasya—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣān—directly; manasā—with a mind; praṇoditaḥ—sent.
English translation of verse 5.1.3:
Śrī Nārada said: O king of kings, one day, inspired by Lord Kṛṣṇa in my heart, I went to Mathurā City both to see it and to arrange for Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastime of killing many demons.