Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.18, 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).

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

पुनर् उत्थाय स्व-तनुं
विधुन्वन् दारयन् मुखम्
शृङ्गाभ्यां श्री-हरिं नीत्वा
धावन् दैत्यो नभो-गतः

punar utthāya sva-tanuṃ
vidhunvan dārayan mukham
śṛṅgābhyāṃ śrī-hariṃ nītvā
dhāvan daityo nabho-gataḥ

punaḥ—again; utthāyaraising; sva-tanum—his own form; vidhunvan—shaking; dārayan—breaking apart; mukham—face; śṛṅgābhyām—with horns; śrī-harim—Kṛṣṇa; nītvā—taking; dhāvan—runinng; daityaḥ—the demon; nabho-gataḥ—went to the sky.

English translation of verse 2.11.18:

Shaking off this form, the demon again manifested his original form. With his horns the demon grabbed Kṛṣṇa and carried Him into the sky.

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