Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.12, 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 6 of Chapter 6 (The Yadavas’ Victory When Shri Rukmini is Kidnapped) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.6.12
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ततो ययौ जयारावैः
शनै राम-युतो हरिः
शृगाल-सङ्घ-मध्याच् च
केसरी भाग-हृद् यथा
tato yayau jayārāvaiḥ
śanai rāma-yuto hariḥ
śṛgāla-saṅgha-madhyāc ca
kesarī bhāga-hṛd yathā
tataḥ—then; yayau—went; jayārāvaiḥ—with calls pf "Victory!"; śanai—slowly; rāma-yutaḥ—with Balarāma; hariḥ—Kṛṣṇa; śṛgāla—of jackals; saṅgha—of a pack; madhyāt—from the middle; ca—and; kesarī—a lion; bhāga-hṛt—taking the prize; yathā—as.
English translation of verse 6.6.12:
As a lion takes a prize from a pack of jackals, so Lord Kṛṣṇa took Rukmiṇī. As Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma by His side, slowly proceeded, a great cry of "Victory!" arose.