Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.7.46, 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 5 of Chapter 7 (The Killing of Kuvalayapida) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.7.46
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
आकर्षणं नोदनं च
भुजाभ्यां भुज-दण्डयोः
चक्रतुः पश्यतां नृणां
गजाव् इव जिगीषया
ākarṣaṇaṃ nodanaṃ ca
bhujābhyāṃ bhuja-daṇḍayoḥ
cakratuḥ paśyatāṃ nṛṇāṃ
gajāv iva jigīṣayā
ākarṣaṇam—pulling; nodanam—pushing; ca—and; bhujābhyām—with both arms; bhuja-daṇḍayoḥ—of the arms; cakratuḥ—did; paśyatām—watching; nṛṇām—of the people; gajāv—two elephants; iva—like; jigīṣayā—wishing victory.
English translation of verse 5.7.46:
As the people watched, Kṛṣṇa and Cāṇura wrestled, pulling and pushing each other with both arms. They were like two elephants trying to defeat each other.