Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.9, 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 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

गरुडाङ्घ्रि-प्रहारेण
कालियो मूर्छितो ऽभवत्
पुनर् उत्थाय जिह्वाभिः
प्रावलीढं मुखं श्वसन्

garuḍāṅghri-prahāreṇa
kāliyo mūrchito 'bhavat
punar utthāya jihvābhiḥ
prāvalīḍhaṃ mukhaṃ śvasan

garuḍāṅghri-prahāreṇa—by the kicks of Garuḍa; kāliyaḥKaliya; mūrchitaḥ—fainted; abhavat—became; punaḥ—again; utthāyarising; jihvābhiḥ—with tongues; prāvalīḍham—licking; mukham—mouth; śvasan—hissing.

English translation of verse 2.14.9:

Garuḍa kicked Kāliya unconscious. Then Kāliya again stood up, licking his tongue and hissing.

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