Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.23, 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 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

शूलं चिक्षेप हरये
शङ्खो दैत्यो महा-बलः
स्व-चक्रेण हरिः साक्षात्
तच्-छूलं शतधाकरोत्

śūlaṃ cikṣepa haraye
śaṅkho daityo mahā-balaḥ
sva-cakreṇa hariḥ sākṣāt
tac-chūlaṃ śatadhākarot

śūlam—tridfent; cikṣepa—threw; haraye—at Lord Hari; śaṅkhaḥŚaṅkhāsura; daityaḥthe demon; mahā-balaḥvery powerful; sva-cakreṇa—with Hiis cakra; hariḥLord Hari; sākṣātdirectly; tac-chūlam—that trident; śatadhā—in a hundred pieces; akarot—made.

English translation of verse 2.1.23:

The very powerful demon Śaṅkhāsura threw a trident at Lord Hari. With His cakra Lord Hari broke the trident in a hundred pieces.

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