Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.1, 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 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.14.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राजोवाच
द्वीपे रमणके ब्रह्मन्
सर्पानन्यान् विना कथम्
एतन् मे ब्रूहि सकलं
कालियस्याभवद् भयम्
śrī-rājovāca
dvīpe ramaṇake brahman
sarpānanyān vinā katham
etan me brūhi sakalaṃ
kāliyasyābhavad bhayam
śrī-rājā uvāca—the king said; dvīpe ramaṇake—on Ramaṇaka-dvīpa; brahman—O brāhmaṇa; sarpa—snakes; ananyān—without other; vinā—without; katham—how; etan—this; me—to me; brūhi—tell; sakalam—all; kāliyasya—of Kaliya; abhavat—was; bhayam—fear.
English translation of verse 2.14.1:
The king said: If only snakes lived on Ramaṇaka-dvīpa, why was Kāliya afraid.
O brāhmaṇa, please tell me this.