Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.4.18, 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 2 of Chapter 4 (The Liberation of Vatsasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.4.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
एकदा वत्स-वृन्देषु
प्राप्तं वत्सासुरं नृप
कंस-प्राणोदितं ज्ञात्वा
शनैस् तत्र जगाम ह
ekadā vatsa-vṛndeṣu
prāptaṃ vatsāsuraṃ nṛpa
kaṃsa-prāṇoditaṃ jñātvā
śanais tatra jagāma ha
ekadā—one time; vatsa-vṛndeṣu—among the calves; prāptam—attained; vatsāsuram—Vastāsura; nṛpa—O king; kaṃsa—by Kaṃsa; prāṇoditam—sent; jñātvā—understanding; śanaiḥ—slowly; tatra—there; jagāma—went; ha—certainly.
English translation of verse 2.4.18:
O king, aware that the demon Vatsāsura had entered among the calves on Kaṃsa's order, Kṛṣṇa stealthily approached him.