Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.9, 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:

कौशारविस् तद्-भयाद् धि
गङ्गा-तीरे गतो नृपः
राज्यार्थं त्वत्-पदाम्भोजं
भजते सु-जितेन्द्रियः

kauśāravis tad-bhayād dhi
gaṅgā-tīre gato nṛpaḥ
rājyārthaṃ tvat-padāmbhojaṃ
bhajate su-jitendriyaḥ

kauśāraviḥ—Kausaravi; tad-bhayāt—out of fear of him; hi—indeed; gaṅgā-tīre—to the Gaṅgā's shore; gataḥ—went; nṛpaḥ—king; rājyārtham—for his kingdom; tvat-padāmbhojam—Your lotus feet; bhajate—worships; su-jitendriyaḥ—controlling his senses.

English translation of verse 5.24.9:

Out of fear of him, the king of Kauśāravi fled to the Gaṅgā's shore where, controlling his senses, he worships Your lotus feet to regain his kingdom.

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