Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.1.6, 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 6 of Chapter 1 (Jarasandha’s Defeat) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

अक्षौहिणीभिर् विंशत्या
तिस्र्भिश् चापि सम्वृतः
रम्यां महा-पुरीं राजन्न्
आययौ बलवान् नृपः

akṣauhiṇībhir viṃśatyā
tisrbhiś cāpi samvṛtaḥ
ramyāṃ mahā-purīṃ rājann
āyayau balavān nṛpaḥ

akṣauhiṇībhiḥ—akṣauhiṇīs; viṃśatyā—with twenty; tisrbhiḥ—three; cāpi—and; samvṛtaḥaccompanined; ramyām—beautiful; mahā-purīm—great city; rājann—O king; āyayau—went; balavānpoweful; nṛpaḥ—king.

English translation of verse 6.1.6:

Accompanied by 23 akṣauhiṇī divisions, powerful King Jarāsandha went to beautiful Mathurā City.

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