Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.1.15, 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 5.1.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चतुर्दश्यां तु कर्तव्यो
धनुर्-यागः प्रशान्तये
अमावास्य-दिने लोका
मल्ल-युद्धं भवेद् इह
caturdaśyāṃ tu kartavyo
dhanur-yāgaḥ praśāntaye
amāvāsya-dine lokā
malla-yuddhaṃ bhaved iha
caturdaśyām—on Caturdasi; tu—indeed; kartavyaḥ—will be; dhanur-yāgaḥ—the Dhanur-yajna; praśāntaye—to pacify; amāvāsya-dine—on the new-moon day; lokā—O people; malla-yuddham—wrestling match; bhavet—will be; iha—here.
English translation of verse 5.1.15:
O people, to ensure that there is peace in our land, on the fourteenth day of the moon we will celebrate a Dhanur-yajña ritual. Then, on the new-moon day we will celebrate a festival of wrestling matches.