Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.11.2, 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 11 (The Stories of Kubja and Kuvalayapida) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

पञ्चवत्यां स्थितं रामं
कोटि-कन्दर्प-सन्निभम्
वीक्ष्य शूर्पनखा नाम्नी
रक्षसी मोहिता भृशम्

pañcavatyāṃ sthitaṃ rāmaṃ
koṭi-kandarpa-sannibham
vīkṣya śūrpanakhā nāmnī
rakṣasī mohitā bhṛśam

pañcavatyām—in Pancavati; sthitam—situated; rāmam—Lord Rāma; koṭi-kandarpa-sannibham—splendid as millions of Kāmadevas; vīkṣyaseeing; śūrpanakhāŚūrpanakhā; nāmnī—named; rakṣasīdemoness; mohitā—bewildered; bhṛśam—greatly.

English translation of verse 5.11.2:

Gazing at Lord Rāma in Pañcavatī forest, a demonness name Śūrpanakhā fell passionately in love with Him.

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