Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.6.22, 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).

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

कूटं समागतं कंसो
गृहीत्वा पादयोश् च तम्
पातयित्वा भूमि-मध्ये
चीक्षेप गगने बलात्

kūṭaṃ samāgataṃ kaṃso
gṛhītvā pādayoś ca tam
pātayitvā bhūmi-madhye
cīkṣepa gagane balāt

kūṭam—Kūṭa; samāgatam—come; kaṃsaḥKaṃsa; gṛhītvāgrabbed; pādayoḥ—feet; ca—and; tam—him; pātayitvā—throwing; bhūmi-madhye—on the ground; cīkṣepa—threw; gagane—in the sky; balāt—violently.

English translation of verse 1.6.22:

When Kūṭa rushed at him, Kaṃsa knowcked him to the ground, grabbed his feet, and violently threw him into the sky.

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