Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.96, 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 5.24.96
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पुष्पवत्या दक्षिणे तु
क्रोशैकं विस्तरेण च
तत्र सङ्कर्षणो देवः
स्थित्वा दान-परो ऽभवत्
puṣpavatyā dakṣiṇe tu
krośaikaṃ vistareṇa ca
tatra saṅkarṣaṇo devaḥ
sthitvā dāna-paro 'bhavat
puṣpavatyā—of Puṣpavatī; dakṣiṇe—to the south; tu—indeed; krośaikam—two miles; vistareṇa—across; ca—and; tatra—there; saṅkarṣaṇo devaḥ—Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa; sthitvā—staying; dāna-paraḥ—giving charity; abhavat—did;
English translation of verse 5.24.96:
In a place two miles south of Paṣpavatī, Lord Balarāma gave charity.