Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.7.1, 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 7 (The Killing of Kuvalayapida) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.7.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
रजकस्य शिरश्-छेदं
कंसो वै रक्षिणां वधम्
धनुर्-भङ्गं ततः श्रुत्वा
परं त्रासम् उपागमत्
śrī-nārada uvāca
rajakasya śiraś-chedaṃ
kaṃso vai rakṣiṇāṃ vadham
dhanur-bhaṅgaṃ tataḥ śrutvā
paraṃ trāsam upāgamat
śrī-nārada uvāca—-Śrī Nārada said; rajakasya—of the washerman; śiraś- chedam—the beheading; kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; vai—indeed; rakṣiṇām—of the guards; vadham—the killing; dhanur-bhaṅgam—the breaking of the bow; tataḥ—then; śrutvā—hearing; param—then; trāsam—fear; upāgamat—attained.
English translation of verse 5.7.1:
Śrī Nārada said: When he heard how the washerman was beheaded, the guards killed, and the bow broken, Kaṃsa became filled with fear.