Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.18, 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 1.6.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कंसस् तान् आह साम्नापि
दुर्युद्धं करवामहे
अहं दासो भवेयं वो
भवन्तो जयिनो यदि
kaṃsas tān āha sāmnāpi
duryuddhaṃ karavāmahe
ahaṃ dāso bhaveyaṃ vo
bhavanto jayino yadi
kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; tān—to them; āha—said; sāmnā—calmly; api—also; duryuddham—fight; karavāmahe—let us do; aham—I; dāsaḥ—slave; bhaveyam—will be; vaḥ—of you; bhavantaḥ—you; jayinaḥ—victorious; yadi—if.
English translation of verse 1.6.18:
Kaṃsa calmly said to them: "Let us fight. If you win, I will become your servant.