Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.41, 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 1.6.41
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
धनुः संस्थाप्य तत् कंसो
नत्वा नत्वाह भार्गवम्
हे देव क्षत्रियो नास्मि
दैत्यो ऽहं ते च किङ्करः
dhanuḥ saṃsthāpya tat kaṃso
natvā natvāha bhārgavam
he deva kṣatriyo nāsmi
daityo 'haṃ te ca kiṅkaraḥ
dhanuḥ—the bow; saṃsthāpya—putting down; tat—that; kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; natvā natvā—bowing down again and again; āha—said; bhārgavam—to Paraśurāma; he—O; deva—Lord; kṣatriyaḥ—a kṣatriya; na—not; asmi—I am; daityaḥ—a demon; aham—I am; te—You; ca—and; kiṅkaraḥ—servant.
English translation of verse 1.6.41:
Putting the bow back in its place, and bowing again and again to Lord Paraśurāma, Kaṃsa said, "O Lord, I am not a kṣatriya. I am a demon, and I am Your servant.