Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.17, 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 6 (Description of Kamsa’s Strength) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.6.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चाणूरो मुष्टिकः कूटः
शलस् तोशलकस् तथा
माहिष्मती-पतेः पुत्रा
मल्ला युद्ध-जयैषिणः
cāṇūro muṣṭikaḥ kūṭaḥ
śalas tośalakas tathā
māhiṣmatī-pateḥ putrā
mallā yuddha-jayaiṣiṇaḥ
cāṇūraḥ—Cāṇūra; muṣṭikaḥ—Muṣṭika; kūṭaḥ—Kūṭa; śalaḥ—Śala; tośalakaḥ—Tośalaka; tathā—then; māhiṣmatī-pateḥ—of the king of Māhiṣmatī; putrāḥ—the sons; mallāḥ—wrestlers; yuddha—in battle; jaya—to defeat; aiṣiṇaḥ—wishing.
English translation of verse 1.6.17:
Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, Kūṭa, Śāla, and Tośala, who were the sons of the king of Māhiṣmatī, were wrestlers very eager to defeat their opponents in fighting.