Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.8.27, 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 8 (The Killing of Kamsa) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

गृहीत्वा भुज-दण्डाभ्यां
प्रचण्डं दैत्य-पुङ्गवम्
त्रैलोक्य-बल-धृग् देवो
भ्रामयित्वा त्व् इतस् ततः

gṛhītvā bhuja-daṇḍābhyāṃ
pracaṇḍaṃ daitya-puṅgavam
trailokya-bala-dhṛg devo
bhrāmayitvā tv itas tataḥ

gṛhītvāgrabbing; bhuja-daṇḍābhyām—with both arms; pracaṇḍam—powerfulk; daitya-puṅgavam—the great demon; trailokya-bala-dhṛkthe strongest in the three worlds; devaḥ—the Lord; bhrāmayitvā—whirling about; tv—indeed; itaḥ—here; tataḥ—and there.

English translation of verse 5.8.27:

Then Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the strongest person in the three worlds, with both hands grabbed the ferocious demon Kaṃsa and whirled him around and around.

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