Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.2, 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 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.14.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
तत्र नागन्तको नित्यं
नाग-सङ्घं जघान ह
गत-क्षोभं चैकधा ते
तार्क्ष्यं प्राहुर् भयातुरः
śrī-nārada uvāca
tatra nāgantako nityaṃ
nāga-saṅghaṃ jaghāna ha
gata-kṣobhaṃ caikadhā te
tārkṣyaṃ prāhur bhayāturaḥ
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; tatra—there; nāgāntakaḥ—Garuḍa, the killer of snakes; nityam—always; nāga-saṅgham—the snakes; jaghāna—killed; ha—Oh; gata-kṣobham—peaceful; ca—and; ekadha—one day; te—they; tarkṣyam—to Garuḍa; prahuḥ—said; bhaya-āturaḥ—frightened.
English translation of verse 2.14.2:
Śrī Nārada said: Garuḍa would go there and kill many snakes. One day, when Garuḍa was in a peaceful mood, the frightened snakes spoke to him.