Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 4.9.3-4, 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 9 (The Glories of Sri Ekadashi) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verses 4.9.3-4
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राधोवाच
आदौ देवैः कृतं गोप्यो
वरम् एकादशी-व्रतम्
भ्रष्ट-राज्यस्य लाभार्थं
दैत्यानां नाशनाय च
śrī-rādhovāca
ādau devaiḥ kṛtaṃ gopyo
varam ekādaśī-vratam
bhraṣṭa-rājyasya lābhārthaṃ
daityānāṃ nāśanāya ca
śrī-rādhā uvāca—Srī Rādhā said; ādau—in the beginning; devaiḥ—with the demigods; kṛtam—done; gopyaḥ—O gopīs; varam—blessing; ekādaśī-vratam—the vow of ekādaśī; bhraṣṭa-rājyasya—lost kingdom; lābhārtham—to attain; daityānām—of the demigods; nāśanāya—for the destruction; ca—and.
English translation of verses 4.9.3-4:
Srī Rādhā said: O gopīs, in the beginning of creation the demigods followed ekādaśī to destroy the demons and regain their lost kingdom.