Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.14.26, 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 4 of Chapter 14 (The Story of the Jalandharis) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.14.26
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स्कन्धयोः कक्षयोर् धृत्वा
स-नीडान् रत्न-कम्बलान्
कंश्चिद् बलाद् भ्रामयित्वा
चिक्षेप गगने बली
skandhayoḥ kakṣayor dhṛtvā
sa-nīḍān ratna-kambalān
kaṃścid balād bhrāmayitvā
cikṣepa gagane balī
skandhayoḥ—on the shoulders; kakṣayoḥ—on the armpits; dhṛtvā—grabbing; sa-nīḍān—with saddles; ratna-kambalān—decorated with jewels; kaṃścit—some; balāt—forcibly; bhrāmayitvā—whirling around; cikṣepa—threw; gagane—inot the sky; balī—powerful.
English translation of verse 4.14.26:
Grabbing them at the root of their forelegs, powerful Kaṃsa picked up many jewel-saddled elephants, whirled them around, and threw them into the sky.