Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.8, 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 24 (The Killing of the Kola Demon) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

दैत्यः कंस-सखः कोलो
जित्वा कौशारविं नृपम्
कौशारवेः पुरे राज्यं
करोति स महा-बलः

daityaḥ kaṃsa-sakhaḥ kolo
jitvā kauśāraviṃ nṛpam
kauśāraveḥ pure rājyaṃ
karoti sa mahā-balaḥ

daityaḥdemon; kaṃsa-sakhaḥa friend of Kaṃsa; kolaḥKola; jitvā—defeating; kauśāravim—kausaravi; nṛpam—King; kauśāraveḥ—pf Kausaravi; pure—in the city; rājyam—kingdom; karotidoes; sa—he; mahā-balaḥ

English translation of verse 5.24.8:

powerful.

Kola, a powerful demon-friend of Kaṃsa, defeated the king of Kauśāravi. Now he rules Kauśāravi City.

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