Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.13.30, 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:

श्री-नारद उवाच
बलि-यज्ञे वामनस्य
दृष्ट्वा रूपम् अतः परम्
बलि-कन्या रत्नमाला
पुत्र-स्नेहं चकार ह

śrī-nārada uvāca
bali-yajñe vāmanasya
dṛṣṭvā rūpam ataḥ param
bali-kanyā ratnamālā
putra-snehaṃ cakāra ha

śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; baliof Bali Mahārāja; yajñe—in the sacrifice; vāmanasya—of Lord Vāmana; dṛṣṭvāseeing; rūpam—the form; ataḥ param—then; bali—of Bali; kanyāthe daughter; ratnamālāRatnamālā; putrato a son; sneham—affection; cakāra ha—did.

English translation of verse 1.13.30:

Seeing the form of Lord Vāmana in Bali Mahāraja's yajña, Bali's daughter Ratnamālā felt for the Lord (a mother's) love for her son.

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