Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.46, 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 2.23.46
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
एवं हत्वा शङ्खचूडं
भगवान् मधुसूदनः
मणि-पाणिः पुनः शीघ्रं
आययौ रास-मण्डलम्
evaṃ hatvā śaṅkhacūḍaṃ
bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ
maṇi-pāṇiḥ punaḥ śīghraṃ
āyayau rāsa-maṇḍalam
evam—thus; hatvā—having killed; śaṅkhacūḍam—Śaṅkhacūḍa; bhagavān—the Lord; madhusūdanaḥ—Kṛṣṇa; maṇi-pāṇiḥ—the jwel in His hand; punaḥ—again; śīghram—after a long time; āyayau—arrived; rāsa-maṇḍalam—at the circle of the rāsa dance.
English translation of verse 2.23.46:
Thus killing Śaṅkhacūḍa, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the jewel in His hand, returned to the circle of the rāsa dance after a long time.