Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.4.21, 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 4 (Journey to the City of Kundina) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.4.21
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कृष्णं चैकं गतं हर्तुं
कन्यां तु नृप-मण्डलात्
कलि-प्रशङ्कितो रामः
श्रुत्वा भ्रातृ-सहाय-कृत्
kṛṣṇaṃ caikaṃ gataṃ hartuṃ
kanyāṃ tu nṛpa-maṇḍalāt
kali-praśaṅkito rāmaḥ
śrutvā bhrātṛ-sahāya-kṛt
kṛṣṇam—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ca—and; ekam—alone; gatam—gone; hartum—to kidnap; kanyām—the girl; tu—indeed; nṛpa-maṇḍalāt—from the circle of kings; kali—of a quarrel; praśaṅkitaḥ—afraid; rāmaḥ—Balarāma; śrutvā—hearing; bhrātṛ-sahāya-kṛt—helping His brother.
English translation of verse 6.4.21:
Hearing that Lord Kṛṣṇa had gone alone to kidnap Rukmiṇī from the circle of kings, and fearing a quarrel would follow, Lord Balarāma prepared to help His brother.