Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.20.11, 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 4.20.11
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दैत्यम् भयग्करम् विक्स्य बलदेवो महा-बलः
daityam bhayagkaram viksya baladevo mahā-balaḥ
rusāhanan mustinā tam cirasy adrim yathādri-bhit daityamthe demon; bhayagkaram—a monstrous form; viksya—seeing; baladevaḥ—Balarāma; mahā-balaḥ—very powerful; rusā-angrily; ahanat—hit; mustinā—with a fist; tam—him; cirasy—on the head; adrim—a mountain; yathā—like; adri-bhit—Indra.
English translation of verse 4.20.11:
As King Indra hits a mountain with his thundersbolt, so powerful Balarāma, noticing that His carrier had become a monster, punched Pralamba's head with His fist.