Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.1.2, 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 5 of Chapter 1 (Advice to Kamsa) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.1.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-बहुलाश्व उवाच
मथुरायां किं चरित्रं
कृतवान् भगवान् मुने
कथं जघान कंसाख्यं
एतन् मे ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca
mathurāyāṃ kiṃ caritraṃ
kṛtavān bhagavān mune
kathaṃ jaghāna kaṃsākhyaṃ
etan me brūhi tattvataḥ
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca—Śrī Bahulāśva said; mathurāyām—in Mathurā; kim—what?; caritram—pastimes; kṛtavān—did; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mune—O sage; katham—how?; jaghāna—killed; kaṃsākhyam—Kaṃsa; etan—this; me—to me; brūhi—please tell; tattvataḥ—in truth.
English translation of verse 5.1.2:
Śrī Bahulāśva said: O sage, what pastimes did the Supreme Personality of Godhead enjoy in Mathurā? How did He kill Kaṃsa? Please tell me this in truth.