Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.1.23, 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:

एते देव-गणाः सर्वे
जाता मन्त्रिन् मही-तले
शकुनिर् मे महा-मित्रो
बली चन्द्रवती-पतिः

ete deva-gaṇāḥ sarve
jātā mantrin mahī-tale
śakunir me mahā-mitro
balī candravatī-patiḥ

ete—the; deva-gaṇāḥdemigods; sarve—all; jātāborn; mantrinO counselor; mahī-tale—on the earth; śakuniḥme mahā-mitro balī candravatī-patiḥ

English translation of verse 5.1.23:

O counselor, all the demigods are now born on the earth. Still, Śakuni, the powerful king of Canrāvatī, is my great friend.

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