Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.10.2, 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 10 (Description of the Birth of Lord Balarama) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

शौरिह् कालेन देवक्याम्
अष्टौ पुत्रान् अजीजनत्
अनुवर्षं चाथ कन्याम्
एकां मायां सनातनीम्

śaurih kālena devakyām
aṣṭau putrān ajījanat
anuvarṣaṃ cātha kanyām
ekāṃ māyāṃ sanātanīm

śaurih—Vasudeva; kālena—in time; devakyām—in Devakī; aṣṭau—eight; putrān— sons; ajījanat—begat; anuvarṣam—every year; ca—and; athathen; kanyām— daughter; ekām—one; māyām—Māyā; sanātanīm—eternal.

English translation of verse 1.10.2:

In the course of time, year after year, Vasudeva begat in Devakī eight sons and a daughter who was the eternal goddess Māyā.

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