Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.95, 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 5.24.95
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शयन-नगराच् छुद्धाद्
ईशान्यां दिशि संस्थितम्
स्थानं गङ्गा-तटे रम्यं
कण्टकाद् उत्तरे ऽभवत्
śayana-nagarāc chuddhād
īśānyāṃ diśi saṃsthitam
sthānaṃ gaṅgā-taṭe ramyaṃ
kaṇṭakād uttare 'bhavat
śayana-nagarāt—from Śayana-nagara; śuddhāt—pure; īśānyām—to the north; diśi—direction; saṃsthitam—situated; sthānam—place; gaṅgā-taṭe—on the Gaṅgā's shore; ramyam—beautiful; kaṇṭakāt—from Kaṇṭaka; uttare—north; abhavat—was.
English translation of verse 5.24.95:
To the north of Śayana-nagara and Kaṇṭhaka-tīrtha is a beautiful place on the Gaṅgā shore.