Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.1.8, 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).
Verse 6.1.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सर्वं चास्य बलं राम
हन्तव्यं वै न संशयः
मागधस् तु न हन्तव्यो
भूयः कर्ता बलोद्यमम्
sarvaṃ cāsya balaṃ rāma
hantavyaṃ vai na saṃśayaḥ
māgadhas tu na hantavyo
bhūyaḥ kartā balodyamam
sarvam—all; ca—and; asya—of him; balam—the army; rāma—O Balarāma; hantavyam—should be killed; vai—indeed; na—not; saṃśayaḥ—doubt; māgadhaḥ—the kin gof Magadha; tu—indeed; na—not; hantavyaḥ—to be killed; bhūyaḥ—more; kartā—by the doer; balodyamam—power.
English translation of verse 6.1.8:
O Balarāma, this army should be destroyed, but Jarāsandha should not be killed. Of this there is no doubt.