Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.12.12, 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).

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

तताड मुष्टिना सर्पं
त्रैलोक्य-बल-धरकः
कृष्ण-मुष्टि-प्रहारेण
मूर्च्छितो विगत-स्मृतिः

tatāḍa muṣṭinā sarpaṃ
trailokya-bala-dharakaḥ
kṛṣṇa-muṣṭi-prahāreṇa
mūrcchito vigata-smṛtiḥ

tatāḍa—struck; muṣṭinā—with a fist; sarpam—the sanke; trailokya-bala-dharakaḥ—who had all the strength in the three worlds; kṛṣṇaof Kṛṣṇa; muṣṭi-prahāreṇa—with a punch; mūrcchitaḥ—fainted; vigata-smṛtiḥ—unconscious.

English translation of verse 2.12.12:

Then Kṛṣṇa, who has all the strength in the three worlds, punched the snake.

With Kṛṣṇa's punch, the snake fell unconscious.

Let's grow together!

I humbly request your help to keep doing what I do best: provide the world with unbiased sources, definitions and images. Your donation direclty influences the quality and quantity of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual insight the world is exposed to.

Let's make the world a better place together!

Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: