Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.2, 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 13 (The Story of Shesha) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.13.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
को ऽयं पूर्वं कुशल-कृत्
कालियो फणिनां वरः
एनं वेदितुम् इच्छामि
ब्रूहि देवर्षि-सत्तम
ko 'yaṃ pūrvaṃ kuśala-kṛt
kāliyo phaṇināṃ varaḥ
enaṃ veditum icchāmi
brūhi devarṣi-sattama
kaḥ—who?; ayam—he; pūrvam—previously; kuśala-kṛt—having done a pious deed; kāliyaḥ—kaliya; phaṇinām—of snakes; varaḥ—the best; enam—this; veditum—to know; icchāmi—I wish; brūhi—please tell; devarṣi-sattama—O best of the divine sages.
English translation of verse 2.13.2:
What pious deeds did Kāliya, the best of snakes, do in his previous birth? This I wish to know. Please tell me this, O best of divine sages.