Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.30, 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 17 (Description of the Yogurt Theft) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.17.30
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तद् अपि प्रंशुनालभ्यं
गोरसं शिक्य-संस्थितम्
श्रीदाम्ना सुबलेनापि
दण्डेनापि तताड च
tad api praṃśunālabhyaṃ
gorasaṃ śikya-saṃsthitam
śrīdāmnā subalenāpi
daṇḍenāpi tatāḍa ca
tat—that; api—and; praṃśunā—tall; alabhyam—not attainable; gorasam—yogurt; śikya-saṃsthitam—in the jug hanging on ropes; śrīdāmnā—by Śrīdāmā; subalena—by Subala; api—also; daṇḍena—with a stick; api—also; tatāḍa—struck; ca—and.
English translation of verse 1.17.30:
When even from that height the yogurt-jar hanging from ropes could not be reached, Śrīdāmā and Subala hit the jar with sticks.