Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.57, 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).
Verse 5.24.57
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गङ्गा ब्राह्मण-मुख्यस्य
जाह्नवी येन कथ्यते
दत्वा दानं द्विजातिभ्य
उषु रात्रौ जनैः सह
gaṅgā brāhmaṇa-mukhyasya
jāhnavī yena kathyate
datvā dānaṃ dvijātibhya
uṣu rātrau janaiḥ saha
gaṅgā—Ganges; brāhmaṇa-mukhyasya—of the best of brāhmaṇas; jāhnavī—Jāhnavī; yena—by whom; kathyate—is called; datvā—giving; dānam—charity; dvijātibhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; uṣuḥ—resided; rātrau—at night; janaiḥ—people; saha—with.
English translation of verse 5.24.57:
Jahnu is the great Brāhmaṇa after whom the Ganges is called Jāhnavī. There Lord Balarāma gave chairty ot the brāhmaṇas and then stayed the night with His associates.