Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.11.2, 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 11 (Description of Shri Krishnacandra’s Birth) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.11.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सुर्येन्दु-वह्नि-सङ्काशो
वसुदेवो महा-मनाः
बभूवात्यन्त-महसा
साक्षाद् यज्ञ इवापरः
suryendu-vahni-saṅkāśo
vasudevo mahā-manāḥ
babhūvātyanta-mahasā
sākṣād yajña ivāparaḥ
surya—sun; indu—moon; vahni—fire; saṅkāśaḥ—glorious; vasudevaḥ—Vasudeva; mahā-manāḥ—the great soul; babhūva—became; atyanta-mahasā—with great splendor; sākṣāt—directly; yajñaḥ—the Supreme Lord who is the master of all Vedic sacrifices; iva—like; aparaḥ—another.
English translation of verse 1.11.2:
The great soul Vasudeva shone with a glory like the sun, moon, and fire. He was like a double of the Supreme Lord, the master of all sacrifices.