Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.19.2, 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 19 (In the First Fortress of Dvaraka, the Glories of Lila-sarovara, Hari-mandira, Jnana-tirtha, Krishna-kunda, Balabhadra-sarah, Ganesha-tirtha, Dana-sthala, and Maya-tirtha) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.19.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तन्-मध्ये कृष्ण-रचितं
दुर्गं द्वादश-योजनम्
द्वितीयं च बहिर् दुर्गं
नवतिं च तद्-उत्तरैह्
क्रोशैः सण्घट्टितं राजन्
छ्री-कृश्ण्ष्न महात्मना
tan-madhye kṛṣṇa-racitaṃ
durgaṃ dvādaśa-yojanam
dvitīyaṃ ca bahir durgaṃ
navatiṃ ca tad-uttaraih
krośaiḥ saṇghaṭṭitaṃ rājan
chrī-kṛśṇṣna mahātmanā
tan-madhye—in the middle of it; kṛṣṇa-racitam—made by Lord Kṛṣṇa; durgam—a fort; dvādaśa-yojanam—96 miles; dvitīyam—second; ca—and; bahiḥ— outside; durgam—fort; navatim—90; ca—and; tad-uttaraih—more than that; krośaiḥ—with krosas; saṇghaṭṭitam—created; rājan—O king; śrī-kṛśṇṣna—by Śrī Kṛṣṇa; mahātmanā—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
English translation of verse 6.19.2:
In the center of Dvārakā is a fortress 96 miles in size. Around that Lord Kṛṣṇa had built a second fortress of 180 miles.