Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.3.5, 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 3 (Lord Balarama’s Wedding) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.3.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तस्य पुत्र-शतं चासीद्
रेवती नाम कन्यका
सर्वोत्तमं चिरञ्जीवं
सुन्दरं वरम् इच्छती
tasya putra-śataṃ cāsīd
revatī nāma kanyakā
sarvottamaṃ cirañjīvaṃ
sundaraṃ varam icchatī
tasya—of him; putra-śatam—a hundred sons; ca—and; āsīt—was; revatī—Revatī; nāma—named; kanyakā—a daughter; sarvottamam—the best of all; cirañjīvam—who would live a long time; sundaram—handsom; varam—husband; icchati—desires.
English translation of verse 6.3.5:
He had a hundred sons and one daughter. His daughter, who was named Revatī, yearned to have a husband that was handsome, lived eternally, and was better than all other men.