Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.6.26, 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 4 of Chapter 6 (The Story of the Ayodhya Women) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

अर्ध-रात्रे कंस-भयान्
नीत्वा शौरिश् च तं त्वरम्
गत्वा च गोकुले पुत्रं
निधाय शयने नृप

ardha-rātre kaṃsa-bhayān
nītvā śauriś ca taṃ tvaram
gatvā ca gokule putraṃ
nidhāya śayane nṛpa

ardha-rātre—in the middle of the night; kaṃsa-bhayān—out of fear of Kaṃsa; nītvā—bringing; śauriḥVasudeva; ca—and; tam—Him; tvaram—quickly; gatvā—gone; ca—and; gokule—in Gokula; putram—son; nidhāyaplacing; śayane—in bed; nṛpaO king.

English translation of verse 4.6.26:

O king, out of fear of Kaṃsa, Vasudeva took his son to Gokula and placed Him in Yaśodā's bed.

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