Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.35, 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 1 of Chapter 4 (Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.4.35
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सुराणां रक्षणार्थाय
राक्षसानां वधाय च
त्रेतायां रामचन्द्रो ऽभूद्
वीरो दशरथात्मजः
surāṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya
rākṣasānāṃ vadhāya ca
tretāyāṃ rāmacandro 'bhūd
vīro daśarathātmajaḥ
surāṇām—of the devotees; rakṣaṇārthāya—for protection; rākṣasānām—of the demons; vadhāya—for the killing; ca—also; tretāyām—in Tretā-yuga; rāmacandraḥ—Rāmacandra; abhūt—was; vīraḥ—hero; daśaratha—of Daśaratha; ātmajaḥ—the son.
English translation of verse 1.4.35:
To protect the devotees and kill the demons the Lord appeared in Tretā-yuga as Daśaratha's son, the hero Rāmacandra.