Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.7.2, 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 7 (Description of the Conquest of All Directions) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.7.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शम्बरो ह्य् अति-वीर्यो ऽपि
न युयोध स तेन वै
चकार सौहृदं कंसे
सर्वैर् अति-बलैः सह
śambaro hy ati-vīryo 'pi
na yuyodha sa tena vai
cakāra sauhṛdaṃ kaṃse
sarvair ati-balaiḥ saha
śambaro—Śambara; hi—indeed; ati-vīryo—very powerful; api—although; na—
English translation of verse 1.7.2:
not; yuyodha—fought; sas—he; tena—with him; vai—indeed; cakāra—made;
sauhṛdam—friendship; kaṃse—with Kaṃsa; sarvair—with all; ati-balaiḥ—very powerful; saha—with.
Although he was very powerful, Śambara would not fight. Instead, he made friends with Kaṃsa and all his very powerful allies.