Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.32, 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).

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

परां व्यथां गतो युद्धे
पतितो ऽपि समुत्थितः
तदाग्रजेन या दत्ता
तां गदां तु गदो ऽग्रहीत्

parāṃ vyathāṃ gato yuddhe
patito 'pi samutthitaḥ
tadāgrajena yā dattā
tāṃ gadāṃ tu gado 'grahīt

parāṃgreat; vyathām—agitation; gataḥattained; yuddhe—in the fight; patitaḥfallen; api—although; samutthitaḥrisen; tadāthen; agrajena—by his elder brother; yā—which; dattāwas given; tām—that; gadām—club; tu—indeed; gadaḥGada; agrahīt—grasped.

English translation of verse 6.6.32:

Fallen to the ground, agitated Gada stood up and took a club that was a gift from his elder brother Balarāma.

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