Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.10.40, 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:

धेनुकारिर् मुष्टिकारिह्
कूटारिर् बल्वलान्तकह्
रुक्म्य्-अरिह् कूपकर्णारिह्
कुम्भण्डारिस् त्वम् एव हि

dhenukārir muṣṭikārih
kūṭārir balvalāntakah
rukmy-arih kūpakarṇārih
kumbhaṇḍāris tvam eva hi

dhenukaof Dhenuka; arih—the enemy; muṣṭikaof Muṣṭika; arih—the enemy; kūṭaof Kūṭa; arih—the enemy; balvalaof Balvala; antakah—the end; rukmīof Rukmī; arih—enemy; kūpakarṇaof Kupakarna; arih—the enemy; kumbhaṇḍaof Kumbhaṇḍa; arih—the enemy; tvam—You; eva—certainly; hi—certainly.

English translation of verse 1.10.40:

You are the enemy of Dhenuka, Muṣṭika, Kūṭa, Rukmī, Kūpakarṇa, and Kumbhaṇḍa. You put an end to Balvala.

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