Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.13.6, 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 13 (The Liberation of Putana) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

ददौ शिशोर् महा-घोरा
कालाकूतावृतं स्तनम्
प्राणैः सार्धं पपौ दुग्धं
कटुं रोषावृतो हरिः

dadau śiśor mahā-ghorā
kālākūtāvṛtaṃ stanam
prāṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ papau dugdhaṃ
kaṭuṃ roṣāvṛto hariḥ

dadau—placed; śiśoḥ—of the infant; mahāvery; ghorāterrible; kālākūta—with poison; āvṛtam—covered; stanam—breast; prāṇaiḥ—life breath; sārdham—with; papau—drank; dugdham—milk; kaṭum—bitter; roṣawith anger; āvṛtaḥ—filled; hariḥLord Hari.

English translation of verse 1.13.6:

When the very horrible demoness gave her poison-covered breast to Him, infant Lord Hari became angry and drank her life-breath along with the bitter milk.

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