Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.33, 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).
Verse 2.11.33
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राजोवाच
मुने मुक्तिं कथं प्राप्तः
पूर्वं को धेनुकासुरः
कथं खरत्वम् आपन्न
एतन् मे ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः
śrī-rājovāca
mune muktiṃ kathaṃ prāptaḥ
pūrvaṃ ko dhenukāsuraḥ
kathaṃ kharatvam āpanna
etan me brūhi tattvataḥ
śrī-rājā uvāca—the king said; mune—O sage; muktim—liberation; katham—how?; prāptaḥ—attained; pūrvam—previous; kaḥ—who?; dhenukāsuraḥ—Dhenukasura; katham—why?; kharatvam—the body of an ass; āpanna—attained; etat—this; me—to me; bruhi—please tell; tattvataḥ—in truth.
English translation of verse 2.11.33:
The king said: O sage, Why did he attain liberation? Who was Dhenukāsura in his previous birth? Why did he get the body of an ass? Please tell me this in truth.