Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.5.29, 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).

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

नकुलः सहदेवश् च
स्मृतौ द्वाव् अश्विनी-सुतौ
धाता बाह्लीकवीरश् च
वह्निर् द्रोणः प्रतापवान्

nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca
smṛtau dvāv aśvinī-sutau
dhātā bāhlīkavīraś ca
vahnir droṇaḥ pratāpavān

nakulaḥNakula; sahadevaḥSahadeva; ca—and; smṛtau—considered; dvāv aśvinī-sutau—the two Aśvinī-kumāras; dhātā—Dhātā; bāhlīkavīraḥ—the hero Bāhlīka; ca—and; vahniḥVahni; droṇaḥDroṇa; pratāpavān—powerful.

English translation of verse 1.5.29:

The two Aśvinī-kumāras will descend as Nakula and Sahadeva. Dhātā will descend as heroic Bāhlīka, and powerful Vahni as Droṇācārya.

Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: