Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.11.23, 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 11 (The Liberation of Dhenukasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

पुनर् धावन् महा-दैत्यः
शृङ्गाभ्यां दारयन् भुवम्
बलं पश्चिम-पादाभ्यां
ताडयित्वा जगर्ज ह

punar dhāvan mahā-daityaḥ
śṛṅgābhyāṃ dārayan bhuvam
balaṃ paścima-pādābhyāṃ
tāḍayitvā jagarja ha

punaḥ—again; dhāvan—running; mahā-daityaḥthe great demon; śṛṅgābhyām—with two horns; dārayan—braking apart; bhuvam—the ground; balam—Balarāma; paścima-pādābhyām—with his hind legs; tāḍayitvā—striking; jagarja—roared; ha—certainly.

English translation of verse 2.11.23:

Breaking the gorund with his horns, the demon charged Balarāma, kicked him with his hind hooves, and roared.

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