Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.3, 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 11 (The Liberation of Dhenukasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

नीलाम्बरं कटौ बद्ध्वा
बलदेवो महा-बलः
परिपक्व-फलार्थं हि
तद्-वने विचचार ह

nīlāmbaraṃ kaṭau baddhvā
baladevo mahā-balaḥ
paripakva-phalārthaṃ hi
tad-vane vicacāra ha

nīlablue; ambaram—garments; kaṭau—on His hip; baddhvā—bound; baladevaḥBalarāma; mahā-balaḥvery powerful; paripakva—ripe; phalafruits; arthamfor the purpose; hi—indeed; tad-vane—to that forest; vicacāra—went; ha—indeed.

English translation of verse 2.11.3:

Tying the blue sash at His waist, very powerful Balarāma entered that forest to get its ripe fruit.

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