Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.17, 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 2.23.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शङ्खचूडं सङ्गृहीत्वा
कंसो दैत्याधिपो बली
बलाच् चिक्षेप सहसा
व्योम्नि तं शत-योजनम्
śaṅkhacūḍaṃ saṅgṛhītvā
kaṃso daityādhipo balī
balāc cikṣepa sahasā
vyomni taṃ śata-yojanam
śaṅkhacūḍam—Śaṅkhacūḍa; saṅgṛhītvā—grabbing; kaṃsaḥ—Kaṃsa; daityādhipaḥ—the king of demons; balī—strong; balāc—violently; cikṣepa—threw; sahasā—suddenly; vyomni—into the sky; tam—him; śata-yojanam—eight-hundred miles.
English translation of verse 2.23.17:
Grabbing Śaṅkhacūḍa, the powerful demon-king Kaṃsa suddenly threw him eight-hundred miles into the sky.