Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.12.6, 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 12 (Pancajana’s Previous Birth) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.12.6
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चौर्यम् तेजो ध्र्तिर् दक्स्यम् युद्धे चप्य् अपलयनम् दनम् इच्वर-भवच् च क्सत्रम् कर्म स्व-भव-जम्
cauryam tejo dhrtir daksyam yuddhe capy apalayanam danam icvara-bhavac ca ksatram karma sva-bhava-jam
cauryam—heroisom; tejah—power; dhrtih—determination; daksyam—resourcefulness; yuddhe—in battle; ca—also; api—and; apalayanam—not fleeing; danam—generosity; icvara—leadership; bhavah—nature; ca—and; ksatram—ksatriya; karma—duty; sva-bhava-jam—born of his own nature.
English translation of verse 5.12.6:
Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadership are the qualities of work for the ksatriyas *.