Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.1.4, 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 5 of Chapter 1 (Advice to Kamsa) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

सिंहासने च प्रहृते पुरन्दरात्
सितातपत्रे चल-चारु-चामरे
स्थितं नृपं कंसम् उरङ्ग-दुःसहं
प्रावोचम् एवं शृणु तत्-प्रपूजितः

siṃhāsane ca prahṛte purandarāt
sitātapatre cala-cāru-cāmare
sthitaṃ nṛpaṃ kaṃsam uraṅga-duḥsahaṃ
prāvocam evaṃ śṛṇu tat-prapūjitaḥ

siṃhāsane—on a throne; ca—and; prahṛte—taken; purandarāt—from Indra; sitātapatre—with a white parasol; calamoving; cārubeautiful; cāmare—camaras; sthitam—situated; nṛpam—the king; kaṃsam—Kaṃsa; uraṅga—as a serpent; duḥsaham—venemous; prāvocam—I spoke; evam—thus; śṛṇu—please hear; tat-prapūjitaḥ—worshiped by him.

English translation of verse 5.1.4:

After he had worshiped me, and as, fanned with beautiful cāmaras, he sat on a white-parasol throne stolen from Indra, I spoke to Kaṃsa, who was poisonous like a snake. Please hear what I said.

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