Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.11.61, 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 1.11.61
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अथ कंसो विस्मितो ऽभूच्
छ्रुत्वा माता-वचः परम्
देवकीं वसुदेवं च
मोचयाम् आस बन्धनात्
atha kaṃso vismito 'bhūc
chrutvā mātā-vacaḥ param
devakīṃ vasudevaṃ ca
mocayām āsa bandhanāt
atha—then; kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; vismitaḥ—astonished; abhūt—became; śrutvā—hearing; mātā—of his mother; vacaḥ—the words; param—then; devakīm—Devakī; vasudevam—Vasudeva; ca—and; mocayām āsa—released; bandhanāt—from bondage.
English translation of verse 1.11.61:
At this Kaṃsa became astonished. Listening to his mother's words, he released Vasudeva and Devakī from their bonds.