Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.9.31, 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 9 (The Arrival of Shri Dvaraka) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.9.31
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
इदं श्रुत्वाथ शर्यातिः
पिता वै विस्मितो ऽभवत्
आनर्तो नाम देशो ऽभूद्
आनर्तस्य प्रसादतः
idaṃ śrutvātha śaryātiḥ
pitā vai vismito 'bhavat
ānarto nāma deśo 'bhūd
ānartasya prasādataḥ
idam—this; śrutvā—hearing; atha—then; śaryātiḥ—Saryati; pitā—the father; vai—indeed; vismitaḥ—astonished; abhavat—became; ānartaḥ—Anarta; nāma— named; deśaḥ—the country; abhūt—became; ānartasya—of Anarta; prasādataḥ—by the mercy.
English translation of verse 6.9.31:
By the Lord's mercy that country was named Anarta after him. When he heard all this, Anarta's father, Śaryāti, became astonished.