Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.17, 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).

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

चाक्षुषे ह्य् अन्तरे प्राप्ते
दक्षः प्रचेतसो नृप
कश्यपाय ददौ कन्या
एकादश मनोहराः

cākṣuṣe hy antare prāpte
dakṣaḥ pracetaso nṛpa
kaśyapāya dadau kanyā
ekādaśa manoharāḥ

cākṣuṣe—the Caksusa-manvantara; hy—indeed; antare—in; prāpte—attained; dakṣaḥDakṣa; pracetasaḥ—to the prajapati; nṛpaO king; kaśyapāya—to Kaśyapa; dadau—gave; kanyādaughters; ekādaśaeleven; manoharāḥ—beautiful.

English translation of verse 2.13.17:

O king, during the Cākṣuṣa-manvantara Prajāpati Dakṣa gave his eleven beautiful daughters in marriage to Kaśyapa Muni.

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