Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.7.37, 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 7 (Description of the Conquest of All Directions) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

कंसो गृहीत्वा परिघं
तटादांसे ऽसुर-द्विषः
तत्-प्रहारेण देवेन्द्रः
क्षणं मुर्छाम् अवाप ह

kaṃso gṛhītvā parighaṃ
taṭādāṃse 'sura-dviṣaḥ
tat-prahāreṇa devendraḥ
kṣaṇaṃ murchām avāpa ha

kaṃso—Kaṃsa; gṛhītvā—taking; parighaṃ—an iron club; taṭāda—struck;

English translation of verse 1.7.37:

aṃse—on the shoulder; asura-dviṣaḥ—Indra, the enemy of the demons; tat-prahāreṇa—by that blow; devendraḥ—the king of the demigods; kṣaṇaṃ—for a moment; murchām—unconsciousness; avāpa—attained; ha—indeed.

Taking an iron club, Kaṃsa struck Indra on the shoulder. Because of that blow, Indra, the king of the demigods and enemy of the demons, became momentarily unconscious.

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