Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.13, 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).
Verse 2.23.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शुशुभाते रङ्ग-मध्ये
मल्लौ नट्ये नटाव् इव
इभेन्द्राव् इव दीर्घाङ्गौ
मृगेन्द्राव् इव चोद्भटौ
śuśubhāte raṅga-madhye
mallau naṭye naṭāv iva
ibhendrāv iva dīrghāṅgau
mṛgendrāv iva codbhaṭau
śuśubhāte—shone; raṅga-madhye—in the fighting-ground; mallau—wrestkers; naṭye—in a dance; naṭau—dancers; iva—like; ibhendrau——two elephant-kings; iva—like; dīrgha—long; aṅgau—limbs; mṛgendrau—lion-kings; iva—like; ca—and; udbhaṭau—fighters.
English translation of verse 2.23.13:
The two fighters were very glorious. They were like two wrestlers in a fighting-ground, two dancers in a dance, two regal elephants, or two long-limbed lions.