Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.62, 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 1.6.62
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तत्-स्वसारं पूतनाख्यां
योद्धु-कामाम् अवस्थिताम्
ताम् आह कंसः प्रहसन्
वाक्यं मे शृणु पूतने
tat-svasāraṃ pūtanākhyāṃ
yoddhu-kāmām avasthitām
tām āha kaṃsaḥ prahasan
vākyaṃ me śṛṇu pūtane
tat—his; svasāram—sister; pūtanā-ākhyām—named Pūtanā; yoddhu-kāmām—desiring to fight; avasthitām—stood; tām—her; āha—said; kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; prahasan—laughing; vākyam—words; me—my; śṛṇu—hear; pūtane—O Pūtanā.
English translation of verse 1.6.62:
Then Bakāsura's sister, who was named Pūtanā, came and wished to fight.
Kaṃsa laughed and said to her, "Hear my words, O Pūtanā.