Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.20.9, 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 20 (The Killing of Pralamba) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.20.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अवरोहनतो दैत्यो मथुराम् गन्तुम् उद्यतः
avarohanato daityo mathurām gantum udyataḥ
दधार घनवद् रुपम् गिरिन्द्र इव दुर्गमः
dadhāra ghanavad rupam girindra iva durgamaḥ
avarohanataḥ—descending; daityaḥ—the demon; mathurām—to Mathurā; gantum—to go; udyataḥ—beginning; dadhāra—held; ghanavat—like a cloud; rupam—a form; girindra—the king of mountains; iva—like; durgamaḥ—imposing.
English translation of verse 4.20.9:
Suddenly assuming a monstrous form like a great cloud or an impassible king of mountains, the demon went in the direction of Mathurā.