Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.25, 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).
Verse 2.1.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदा गदां समादाय
मत्स्य-रूप-धरो हरिः
पृष्ठे जघान तं दैत्यं
शङ्ख-रूपं महा-बलम्
tadā gadāṃ samādāya
matsya-rūpa-dharo hariḥ
pṛṣṭhe jaghāna taṃ daityaṃ
śaṅkha-rūpaṃ mahā-balam
tadā—then; gadām—a club; samādāya—taking; matsya-rūpa-dharaḥ—assuming the form of a fish; hariḥ—Lord Hari; pṛṣṭhe—on the back; jaghāna—struck; tam—him; daityam—the demon; śaṅkha-rūpam—in the form of a conch; mahā-balam—very powerful.
English translation of verse 2.1.25:
Taking a club, Lord Hari in the form of a fish struck the powerful conch demon on the back.