Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.12.9, 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 12 (Subduing Kaliya and Drinking the Forest Fire) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.12.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वाम-हस्ते हरिं सर्पो
रुषा जग्राह माधवम्
हरिर् दक्षिण-हस्तेन
गृहीत्वा तं महा-खलम्
vāma-haste hariṃ sarpo
ruṣā jagrāha mādhavam
harir dakṣiṇa-hastena
gṛhītvā taṃ mahā-khalam
vāma-haste—the left hand; harim—Kṛṣṇa; sarpaḥ—the snake; ruṣā—angrily; jagrāha—grabbed; mādhavam—Kṛṣṇa; hariḥ—Kṛṣṇa; dakṣiṇa-hastena—with His right hand; gṛhītvā—grabbing; tam—him; mahā-khalam—the great demon.
English translation of verse 2.12.9:
The snake angrily grabbed Kṛṣṇa's left hand. Then with His right hand Kṛṣṇa grabbed the demon-snake.