Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.12.23, 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 5.12.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अकरोच् चैकद मनम् मनसि प्रह चग्ख-रत् ग्र्हितो ऽहम् हि हरिन रजहम्स-सम-द्युतिह्
akaroc caikada manam manasi praha cagkha-rat grhito 'ham hi harina rajahamsa-sama-dyutih
akarot—did; ca—and; ekada—one day; manam—pride; manasi—in his heart; praha—said; cagkha-rat—the king of conchshells; grhitah—taken; aham—I am; hi—indeed; harina—by Lord Krsna; rajahamsa-sama-dyutih—as glorious as the king of swans.
English translation of verse 5.12.23:
Then one day he became proud and in his heart he said to himself: "I am the king of conchshells. I am effulgent as the king of swans. Lord Krsna personally holds me.