Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.10, 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 11 (The Liberation of Dhenukasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.11.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
योजनं नोदयाम् आस
गजं प्रति गजो यथा
गृहीत्वा तं बलः सद्यो
भ्रामयित्वाथ धेनुकम्
yojanaṃ nodayām āsa
gajaṃ prati gajo yathā
gṛhītvā taṃ balaḥ sadyo
bhrāmayitvātha dhenukam
yojanam—for eight miles; nodayām āsa—threw; gajam—one elephant; prati—to; gajaḥ—one elephant; yathā—as; gṛhītvā—grabbing; tam—him; balaḥ—Balarāma; sadyaḥ—at once; bhrāmayitvā—whirling around; atha-then; dhenukam—Dhenuka.
English translation of verse 2.11.10:
Then Balarāma suddenly grabbed Dhenuka, whirled him around, and, as one elephant throws another elephant, threw him for eight miles.