Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.12.27, 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 12 (Subduing Kaliya and Drinking the Forest Fire) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.12.27
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सुतं लब्ध्व यशोदा सा
सुत-कल्याण-हेतवे
ददौ दानं द्विजातिभ्यः
स्नेह-स्नुत-पयोधरा
sutaṃ labdhva yaśodā sā
suta-kalyāṇa-hetave
dadau dānaṃ dvijātibhyaḥ
sneha-snuta-payodharā
sutam—son; labdhva—attaining; yaśodā—Yaśodā; sā—she; suta-kalyāṇa-hetave—for the auspiciousness of her son; dadau—gave; dānam—charity; dvijātibhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; sneha-snuta-payodharā—milk flowing from her breasts.
English translation of verse 2.12.27:
When Yaśodā attained her son, milk flowed from her breasts. For her son's welfare she gave charity to the brāhmaṇas.