Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.5.27, 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 5 (The Liberation of Bakasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

एवं कृष्णो बकं हत्वा
स-बलो बालकैः सह
गो-वत्सैर् हर्षितो गायन्न्
आययौ राज-मन्दिरे

evaṃ kṛṣṇo bakaṃ hatvā
sa-balo bālakaiḥ saha
go-vatsair harṣito gāyann
āyayau rāja-mandire

evam—thus; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; bakamthe duck; hatvā—having killed; sa-balaḥwith Balarāma; bālakaiḥ—the boys; sahawith; go-vatsaiḥ—with the calves; harṣitaḥ—joyful; gāyan—singing; āyayau—came; rāja-mandire—to the royal palace.

English translation of verse 2.5.27:

After killing the duck, Kṛṣṇa, cheerful and singing as He went, returned with the boys and calves to (His father's) palace.

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