Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.24, 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 2.23.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अन्ये ऽपि बलिनो दैत्या
मुष्टिना ते मृतिं गताः
शङ्खचूडो न पतितः
सन्देहो नास्ति तच् छृणु
anye 'pi balino daityā
muṣṭinā te mṛtiṃ gatāḥ
śaṅkhacūḍo na patitaḥ
sandeho nāsti tac chṛṇu
anye—other; api—indeed; balinaḥ—powqerful; daityā—demons; muṣṭinā—with fists; te—they; mṛtim—death; gatāḥ—attained; śaṅkhacūḍaḥ—Śaṅkhacūḍa; na—not; patitaḥ—fallen; sandehaḥ—doubt; na—not; asti—is; tat—that; śṛṇu—hear.
English translation of verse 2.23.24:
Other powerful demons would have died from your punches, but Śaṅkhacūḍa has not even fallen. Of this there is no doubt. Please hear the reason.