Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.9.13, 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 9 (Description of Vasudeva’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

आकाश-वाग् आह तदैव कंसं
त्वाम् अष्टमो हि प्रसवो ऽञ्जसास्याः
हन्ता न जानासि च यां रथ-स्थां
राश्मिं गृहीत्वा वहसे ऽबुधस् त्वम्

ākāśa-vāg āha tadaiva kaṃsaṃ
tvām aṣṭamo hi prasavo 'ñjasāsyāḥ
hantā na jānāsi ca yāṃ ratha-sthāṃ
rāśmiṃ gṛhītvā vahase 'budhas tvam

ākāśafrom the sky; vāk—a voice; āha—said; tadāthen; eva—indeed; kaṃsam—to Kaṃsa; tvām—you; aṣṭamaḥthe eighth; hi—indeed; prasavaḥson; añjasā—certainly; asyāḥ—of her; hantākiller; na—not; jānāsi—you know; ca—also; yām—whom; ratha-sthām—staying on the chariot; rāśmīn—the reins; gṛhītvātaking; vahase—you carry; abudhaḥ—a fool; tvam—you.

English translation of verse 1.9.13:

Then a voice from the sky said to Kaṃsa: You are a fool. You do not know that the eighth son of the girl riding in the chariot you drive, holding the reins, will kill you.

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