Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.26, 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 2 of Chapter 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

यमुनान्तर्-जले दीर्घं
शौभरेस् तपतस् तपः
पश्यतस् तस्य गरुडो
मीन-राजं जघान ह

yamunāntar-jale dīrghaṃ
śaubhares tapatas tapaḥ
paśyatas tasya garuḍo
mīna-rājaṃ jaghāna ha

yamunāof the Yamunā; antaḥwithin; jale—in the water; dīrgham—for a long time; śaubhareḥ—of Śaubhari; tapataḥ—performing; tapaḥausterities; paśyataḥ—seeing; tasya—of him; garuḍaḥGaruḍa; mīna-rājam—the king of fish; jaghāna—killed; ha—indeed.

English translation of verse 2.14.26:

As, in the midst of his austerities, Śaurabhi Muni was watching, Garuḍa killed the king of the fish.

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