Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.14.12, 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 6 of Chapter 14 (The Glories of Ratnakara, Raivata, and Kacala) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

एकदा मन्-मुखाच् छ्रुत्वा
माहात्म्यं द्वारका-पुरः
प्रोवाच सो ऽपि राजानं
रैवतं गच्छ स-त्वरम्

ekadā man-mukhāc chrutvā
māhātmyaṃ dvārakā-puraḥ
provāca so 'pi rājānaṃ
raivataṃ gaccha sa-tvaram

ekadāone day; man-mukhāt—from my mouth; śrutvāhearing; māhātmyam—the glory; dvārakā-puraḥ—of DvārakāCity; provāca—said; saḥ—he; api—also; rājānaṃ raivatam—to King Raivata; gacchago; sa-tvaram—quickly.

English translation of verse 6.14.12:

One day he heard from my mouth the glories of Dvārakā City. Then he said to me, "Please go to King Raivata at once.

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