Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.2.19, 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 5 of Chapter 2 (The Killing of Keshi) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.2.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वृत्रासुर-वधे पूर्वं
ब्रह्म-हत्या-प्रशान्तये
यज्ञं चकार नाकेशो
वाजिमेधं क्रतूत्तमम्
vṛtrāsura-vadhe pūrvaṃ
brahma-hatyā-praśāntaye
yajñaṃ cakāra nākeśo
vājimedhaṃ kratūttamam
vṛtrāsura—of Vṛtrāsura; vadhe—in the killing; pūrvam—previously; brahma-hatyā-praśāntaye—to become free of the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa; yajñam—a yajna; cakāra—did; nākeśaḥ—Indra; vājimedham—vajimedha; kratūttamam—the best of yajnas.
English translation of verse 5.2.19:
When Vṛtrāsura was killed, to become free of the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa, Indra performed an aṣvamedha-yajña, the best of sacrifices.