Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.6.15, 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 6 (The Liberation of Aghasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.6.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
अष्टवक्रस्य शापेन
सर्पो भूत्वा ह्य् अघासुरः
तद्-वरात् परमं मोक्षं
गतो देवैश् च दुर्लभं
śrī-nārada uvāca
aṣṭavakrasya śāpena
sarpo bhūtvā hy aghāsuraḥ
tad-varāt paramaṃ mokṣaṃ
gato devaiś ca durlabhaṃ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; aṣṭavakrasya—of Aṣṭavakra; śāpena—by the curse; sarpaḥ—a snake; bhūtvā—becoming; hi—indeed; aghāsuraḥ—Aghāsura; tad-varāt—by that benediction; paramam—ultimate; mokṣam—liberation; gataḥ—attained; devaiḥ—by the demigods; ca—and; durlabham—difficult to attain.
English translation of verse 2.6.15:
By Aṣṭavakra's curse Aghāsura became a snake, and by Aṣṭavakra's blessing Aghāsura attained a liberation even the demigods cannot attain.