Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.1, 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 6 (Description of Kamsa’s Strength) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.6.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-बहुलाश्व उवाच
कः कंसो ऽयं पुरा दैत्यो
महा-बल-पराक्रमः
तस्य जन्माणि कर्माणि
ब्रूहि देवर्षि-सत्तम
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca
kaḥ kaṃso 'yaṃ purā daityo
mahā-bala-parākramaḥ
tasya janmāṇi karmāṇi
brūhi devarṣi-sattama
śrī-bahulāśvaḥ uvāca—Śrī Bahulāśva said; kaḥ—who?; kaṃsaḥ—is Kaṃsa; ayam—he; purā—before; daityaḥ—a demon; mahā-bala-parākramaḥ—very powerful; tasya—of him; janmāṇi—births; karmāṇi—deeds; brūhi—describe; devarṣi-sattama—O great sage.
English translation of verse 1.6.1:
Śrī Bahulāśva said: Who was this very powerful demon Kaṃsa? O great sage, please describe his births and deeds.