Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.34, 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).

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

ततः शान्तो भार्गवो ऽपि
कंसं प्राह महोग्र-दृक्
हे कीट कर्कटी-दिम्भ
तुच्छो ऽसि मषको यथा

tataḥ śānto bhārgavo 'pi
kaṃsaṃ prāha mahogra-dṛk
he kīṭa karkaṭī-dimbha
tuccho 'si maṣako yathā

tataḥthen; śāntaḥpacified; bhārgavaḥParaśurāma; api—also; kaṃsam—to Kaṃsa; prāha—said; mahāvery; ugraferocious; dṛk—eyes; he—O; kīṭaworm; karkaṭīcrab; dimbha—baby; tucchaḥ—insignificant; asi—you are; maṣakaḥ—mosquito; yathā—as.

English translation of verse 1.6.34:

Pacified by this, Paraśurāma, his eyes very fierce, said to Kaṃsa, "O worm! O baby crab! You are insignificant as a mosquito.

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