Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.5.5, 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 5 (The Liberation of Bakasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.5.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ब्रह्मापि ब्रह्म-दण्डेन
तं तताद रुषान्वितः
तेन घाटेन पतितो
मूर्छितो घाटिका-द्वयम्
brahmāpi brahma-daṇḍena
taṃ tatāda ruṣānvitaḥ
tena ghāṭena patito
mūrchito ghāṭikā-dvayam
brahmā—Brahmā; api—also; brahma-daṇḍena—with his brahma-weapon; tam—him; tatāda—struck; ruṣānvitaḥ—angry; tena—by that; ghāṭena—blow; patitaḥ—fell; mūrchitaḥ—unconscious; ghāṭikā-dvayam—for two ghatikas.
English translation of verse 2.5.5:
Then Brahmā became angry and with his brahma-daṇḍa struck the demon.
With that blow the demon fell and was unconscious for two ghaṭikās.
Note: One ghaṭikā equals 24 minutes.