Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.21, 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 2 of Chapter 11 (The Liberation of Dhenukasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

गोवर्धनं समुत्पाट्य
श्री-कृष्णे प्राहिणोत् खरः
गिरिं गृहीत्वा श्री-कृष्णः
प्राक्षिपत् तस्य मस्तके

govardhanaṃ samutpāṭya
śrī-kṛṣṇe prāhiṇot kharaḥ
giriṃ gṛhītvā śrī-kṛṣṇaḥ
prākṣipat tasya mastake

govardhanam—Govardhana Hill; samutpāṭya—uprotting; śrī-kṛṣṇe—at Śrī Kṛṣṇa; prāhiṇot—threw; kharaḥ—Dhenukasura; girim—the hill; gṛhītvātaking; śrī-kṛṣṇaḥŚrī Kṛṣṇa; prākṣipat—threw; tasya—on his; mastake—head.

English translation of verse 2.11.21:

Uprooting Govardhana Hill, Dhenukāsura threw it at Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Catching the hill, Kṛṣṇa threw it at Dhenuka's head.

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