Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.5.34, 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).
Verse 2.5.34
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तस्मै शापं ददौ सिद्धो
जाजलिर् मुनि-सत्तमः
बकवत् त्वं झषान् अत्सि
त्वं बको भव दुर्मते
tasmai śāpaṃ dadau siddho
jājalir muni-sattamaḥ
bakavat tvaṃ jhaṣān atsi
tvaṃ bako bhava durmate
tasmai—to him; śāpam—a curse; dadau—gave; siddhaḥ—perfect; jājaliḥ—Jājali; muni-sattamaḥ—the best of sages; bakavat—like a duck; tvam—you; jhaṣān—fish; atsi—eat; tvam—you; bakaḥ—a duck; bhava—become; durmate—O demon.
English translation of verse 2.5.34:
The perfect sage Jājali cursed him: "O demon, you eat fish like a duck, then become a duck!"