Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.9.9, 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 4.9.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पुरा श्री-रामचन्द्रेण
कृतम् एकादशी-व्रतम्
समुद्रे सेतुबन्धार्थं
रावणस्य वधाय च
purā śrī-rāmacandreṇa
kṛtam ekādaśī-vratam
samudre setubandhārthaṃ
rāvaṇasya vadhāya ca
purā—before; śrī-rāmacandreṇa—by Lord Srī Rāma; kṛtam—done; ekādaśī-vratam—ekādaśī; samudre—in the ocean; setubandhārtham—to build a bridge; rāvaṇasya—of Ravana; vadhāya—to kill; ca—and.
English translation of verse 4.9.9:
To build a bridge on the ocean and kill Rāvaṇa, in ancient times even Lord Rāmacandra followed ekādaśī.