Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.10.21, 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:

इत्थं महोत्कटह् कंसह्
स निपात्योद्भटान् रिपून्
क्रोधाढ्यो राज-राजेन्द्रो
जग्राह पितरं खलह्

itthaṃ mahotkaṭah kaṃsah
sa nipātyodbhaṭān ripūn
krodhāḍhyo rāja-rājendro
jagrāha pitaraṃ khalah

ittham—thus; mahotkaṭah—arrogant; kaṃsah—Kaṃsa; sah—he; nipātya—falling; udbhaṭān—on the soldiers; ripūn—enemy; krodhawith anger; aḍhyah—rich; rāja-rājendrah—the king of kings of kings; jagrāha—grabbed; pitaram—his father; khalah—demon.

English translation of verse 1.10.21:

In this way Kaṃsa fell upon the enemy soldiers. Then, rich with anger, the demonic king of the kings of kings grabbed his father.

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