Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.21, 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 23 (The Killing of Shankhacuda During the Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

मुनीन्द्रः सर्व-वित् साक्षाद्
गर्गाचार्यः समागतः
रङ्गेषु वन्दितस् ताभ्यां
कंसं प्राहोर्जया गिरा

munīndraḥ sarva-vit sākṣād
gargācāryaḥ samāgataḥ
raṅgeṣu vanditas tābhyāṃ
kaṃsaṃ prāhorjayā girā

munīndraḥ—the king of sages; sarva-vit—all-knowing; sākṣāt—directly; gargācāryaḥGarga MUni; samāgataḥ—came; raṅgeṣu—to the fighting-ground; vanditaḥ—offered obeisances; tābhyām—by them both; kaṃsam—to Kaṃsa; prāha—spoke; urjayā—with strong; girā—words.

English translation of verse 2.23.21:

Then Garga Acārya, the all-knowing king of sages, came to the fighting-ground.

The two fighters both offered respectful obeisances to him. With strong words he spoke to Kaṃsa.

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