Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.35, 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 2.23.35
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शतचन्द्राननां गोपीं
गृहीत्वा यक्ष-राट् खलः
दुद्रावाशूत्तराम् आशां
निःसङ्कः काम-पीडितः
śatacandrānanāṃ gopīṃ
gṛhītvā yakṣa-rāṭ khalaḥ
dudrāvāśūttarām āśāṃ
niḥsaṅkaḥ kāma-pīḍitaḥ
śatacandrānanām—Śatacandrānanā; gopīm—gopī; gṛhītvā—taking; yakṣa-rāṭ—the king of yaksas; khalaḥ—the demon; dudrāva—ran; āśu—at once; uttarām āśām—to the north; niḥsaṅkaḥ—fearless; kāma-pīḍitaḥ—oppressed by lust.
English translation of verse 2.23.35:
Fearless, and tortured by lust, the demon Śaṅkhacūḍa grabbed Śatacandrānanā-gopī and ran to the north.