Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.5.16, 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 1 of Chapter 5 (The Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.5.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अयं तु राज-राजेन्द्रः
पृथुः पृथुल-विक्रमः
कथं वरो भवेन् नो वै
तद् वद त्वं महा-मुने
ayaṃ tu rāja-rājendraḥ
pṛthuḥ pṛthula-vikramaḥ
kathaṃ varo bhaven no vai
tad vada tvaṃ mahā-mune
ayam—He; tu—indeed; rāja—of kings; rāja—of kings; indraḥ—the king;
English translation of verse 1.5.16:
pṛthuḥ—Pṛthu; pṛthula-vikramaḥ—very powerful; katham—how?; varaḥ—
husband; bhaven—may be; naḥ—of us; vai—certainly; tat—that; vada—tell;
tvam—you; mahā-mune—O great sage.
"O great sage, please tell us how powerful Pṛthu, the king of the kings of kings, may become our husband."