Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.4.30, 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 4 (The Journey to Shri Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.4.30
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
क्रूर क्रूरेति चाक्रूरं
वदन्त्यः पारुषं वचः
रुरुधुः सर्वतो यानं
यथार्कं स-रथं घनः
krūra krūreti cākrūraṃ
vadantyaḥ pāruṣaṃ vacaḥ
rurudhuḥ sarvato yānaṃ
yathārkaṃ sa-rathaṃ ghanaḥ
krūra—cruel; krūra—cruel; iti—thus; ca—and; akrūram—to Akrūra; vadantyaḥ—saying; pāruṣam—harsh; vacaḥ—words; rurudhuḥ—blocked; sarvataḥ—everywhere; yānam—the journey; yathā—as; arkam—the sun; sa-ratham—with chariot; ghanaḥ—a cloud.
English translation of verse 5.4.30:
Calling out, "Cruel! Cruel!" they jeered Akrūra. As clouds block the sun-god's chariot, they blocked every path