Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.4.24, 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 6.4.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दुरात् सन्दृश्यते तस्मात्
कुण्डिनं तु पुरं परम्
दीर्घ-दुर्ग-समायुक्तं
सप्त-योजन-वर्तुलम्
durāt sandṛśyate tasmāt
kuṇḍinaṃ tu puraṃ param
dīrgha-durga-samāyuktaṃ
sapta-yojana-vartulam
durāt—from afar; sandṛśyate—is seen; tasmāt—from that; kuṇḍinam—Kundina; tu—indeed; puram—the city; param—great; dīrgha—great; durga—fortress; samāyuktam—with; sapta-yojana-vartulam—seven yojanas around.
English translation of verse 6.4.24:
In the distance they could see the great city of Kuṇḍina, which stood within a great fortress 56 miles around.