Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.21, 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).

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

श्री-नारद उवाच
दीनं भयातुरं दृष्ट्वा
कालियं श्री-फणीश्वरः
वाचा मधुरया प्रीणन्
प्राह देवो जनार्दनः

śrī-nārada uvāca
dīnaṃ bhayāturaṃ dṛṣṭvā
kāliyaṃ śrī-phaṇīśvaraḥ
vācā madhurayā prīṇan
prāha devo janārdanaḥ

śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; dīnam—humble; bhayāturam—frigthened; dṛṣṭvāseeing; kāliyam—Kaliya; śrī-phaṇīśvaraḥ—the king of snakes; vācāwith words; madhurayā—sweet; prīṇan—pleasing; prāha—said; devaḥ—Lord; janārdanaḥ—the savior from miseries.

English translation of verse 2.14.21:

Śrī Nārada said: Seeing Kāliya so frightened and humble, Lord Ananta, the king of snakes and the savior from miseries, spoke in a sweet voice pleasing to Kāliya.

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