Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.11, 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 17 (Description of the Yogurt Theft) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.17.11
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ऊर्ध्व-दन्त-द्वयं जातं
पूर्वं मातुल-दोष-दम्
अस्यापि मातुलो नास्ति
ते सुतस्य यशोमति
ūrdhva-danta-dvayaṃ jātaṃ
pūrvaṃ mātula-doṣa-dam
asyāpi mātulo nāsti
te sutasya yaśomati
ūrdhva—upper; danta—teeth; dvayam—two; jātam—born; pūrvam—before; mātula—of the maternal uncle; doṣa—fault; dam—giving; asya—of Him; api—even; mātulaḥ—maternal uncle; na—not; asti—is; te—of your; sutasya—sun; yaśomati—O Yaśodā.
English translation of verse 1.17.11:
O Yaśodā, your son's two front teeth have now appeared. Now his maternal uncle should perform a ceremony to ward off inauspiciousness, but your son has no maternal uncle.