Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.8.6, 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 8 (The Killing of Kamsa) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

गृहीत्वा करयोस् तं वै
कराभ्यां भगवान् स्वयं
कंसस्याग्रे भ्रामयित्वा
सर्वेषां पश्यतां नृप

gṛhītvā karayos taṃ vai
karābhyāṃ bhagavān svayaṃ
kaṃsasyāgre bhrāmayitvā
sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ nṛpa

gṛhītvāgrabbing; karayoḥ—of hands; tam—indeed; vai—indeed; karābhyām—with both ahnds; bhagavānthe Lord; svayam—Himself; kaṃsasya—of Kaṃsa; agre—in the presence; bhrāmayitvā—whirling around; sarveṣām—of all; paśyatām—watching; nṛpaO king.

English translation of verse 5.8.6:

O king, grabbing both his hands, Lord Kṛṣṇa whirled Cānūra around and around as Kaṃsa and everyone else looked on.

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