Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.13.25, 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).
Verse 1.13.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदा नन्दादयो गोपा
आगता मथुरा-पुरात्
दृष्ट्वा घोरं पूतनाख्यं
बभूवुर् भय-विह्वलाः
tadā nandādayo gopā
āgatā mathurā-purāt
dṛṣṭvā ghoraṃ pūtanākhyaṃ
babhūvur bhaya-vihvalāḥ
tadā—then; nanda-ādayaḥ—headed by Nanda; gopāḥ—the gopas; āgatāḥ—arrived; mathurā-purāt—from the city of Mathurā; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; ghoram—horror; pūtanā-ākhyam—named Pūtanā; babhūvuḥ—became; bhaya—with fear; vihvalāḥ—overwhelmed.
English translation of verse 1.13.25:
When, just returned from Mathurā City, the gopas headed by Nanda saw horrible Pūtanā, they were overcome with fear.