Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.7.17, 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 1.7.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मन्-मुखात् कालयवनः
श्रूत्वा दैत्यं महा-बलम्
निर्ययौ सम्मुखे योद्धुं
man-mukhāt kālayavanaḥ
śrūtvā daityaṃ mahā-balam
niryayau sammukhe yoddhuṃ
रक्त-स्मश्रुर् गदा-धरः
rakta-smaśrur gadā-dharaḥ
mat—of me; mukhāt—from the mouth; kālayavanaḥ—Kālayavana; śrūtvā—
English translation of verse 1.7.17:
hearing; daityaṃ—demon; mahā—very; balam—powerful; niryayau—went;
sammukhe—before; yoddhuṃ—to fight; rakta—red; smaśrur—beard; gadā—a club; dharaḥ—holding.
Hearing about him from my mouth, red-bearded Kālayavana picked up a club and went before the powerful demon Kaṃsa to fight with him.