Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.18.25, 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 18 (The Sight of Shri Krishnacandra) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.18.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वत्साघ-कालिय-बकार्जुन-धेनुकानां
आचक्रवात-शकटासुर-पूतनानाम्
एषां वधः किम् उत तस्य यशो मुरारेर्
यः कोटिशो ऽण्ड-निचयोद्भव-नाश-हेतुः
vatsāgha-kāliya-bakārjuna-dhenukānāṃ
ācakravāta-śakaṭāsura-pūtanānām
eṣāṃ vadhaḥ kim uta tasya yaśo murārer
yaḥ koṭiśo 'ṇḍa-nicayodbhava-nāśa-hetuḥ
vatsa—Vatsasura; agha—Agha; kāliya—Kaliya; baka—Baka; arjuna—the arjuna trees; dhenukānām—and Djenuka; ācakravāta—Trnavarta; śakaṭāsura—Satakatasura; pūtanānām—and Putana; eṣām—of them; vadhaḥ—the death; kim uta—indeed; tasya—of Him; yaśaḥ—glory; murāreḥ—of Kṛṣṇa; yaḥ—how great?; koṭiśaḥ—many millions; aṇḍa-nicaya—universes; udbhava—creation; nāśa—and destruction; hetuḥ—the cause.
English translation of verse 2.18.25:
He killed Vatsāsura, Agha, Kāliya, Baka, the arjuna trees, Dhenuka, Tṛṇāvārta, Sakaṭāsura, and Pūtanā! How great are His glories? He is the creator and destroyer of many millions of universes!