Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.7, 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 23 (The Killing of Shankhacuda During the Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

भू-तले तत्-समो नास्ति
गदा-युद्ध-विशारदः
मन्-मुखाद् औग्रसेनेश् च
बलं श्रुत्वा महोत्कटम्

bhū-tale tat-samo nāsti
gadā-yuddha-viśāradaḥ
man-mukhād augraseneś ca
balaṃ śrutvā mahotkaṭam

bhū—of the earth; tale—on the surface; tat-samaḥhis equal; na—not; astiis; gadāclub; yuddha—fighting; viśāradaḥ—expert; mat-mukhāt—from my mouth; augraseneḥ—of Kaṃsa; ca—and; balam—the strength; śrutvāhearing; mahāgreat; utkaṭam—great.

English translation of verse 2.23.7:

In fighting with a club no one was his equal on the surface of the earth. From my mouth he heard of Kaṃsa's great strength.

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