Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.5.14, 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 5 (The Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.5.14
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
आसीद् राजा पृथुः साक्षान्
ममांशश् चण्ड-विक्रमः
जित्वा शत्रून् नृप-श्रेष्ठो
धरां कामान् दुदोह सः
āsīd rājā pṛthuḥ sākṣān
mamāṃśaś caṇḍa-vikramaḥ
jitvā śatrūn nṛpa-śreṣṭho
dharāṃ kāmān dudoha saḥ
āsīt—was; rājā pṛthuḥ—King Pṛthu; sākṣāt—directly; mama—My; āṃśaḥ—
English translation of verse 1.5.14:
partial incarnation; caṇḍa-vikramaḥ—powerful; jitvā—after conquering; śatrūn—
His enemies; nṛpa-śreṣṭhaḥ—the best of kings; dharām—from the earth; kāmān—
desires; dudoha—milked; saḥ—He.
There was a powerful king named Pṛthu who was a partial incarnation of Me.
After defeating His enemies, He, the best of kings, milked many desirable things from the earth.