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).

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; gṛhītvātaking; 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.

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