Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.9.8, 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).
Verse 4.9.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पुष्पदन्ती-माल्यवन्तौ
शक्र-शापात् पिशाचताम्
प्राप्तं कृतं व्रतं ताभ्यां
पुनर् गन्धर्वतां गतौ
puṣpadantī-mālyavantau
śakra-śāpāt piśācatām
prāptaṃ kṛtaṃ vrataṃ tābhyāṃ
punar gandharvatāṃ gatau
puṣpadantī-mālyavantau—Puṣpadantī and Mālyavān; śakra-śāpāt—by the curse of Indra; piśācatām—the state of being demons; prāptam—attained; kṛtam—done; vratam—vow; tābhyām—by them; punaḥ—again; gandharvatām—the state of being Gandharvas; gatau—attained.
English translation of verse 4.9.8:
Cursed by Indra, Puṣpadantī and Mālyavān became demons, but by following ekādaśī they again became Gandharvas.