Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 5.24.33-34, 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 24 (The Killing of the Kola Demon) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verses 5.24.33-34
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ज्ञात्वाथ तत्-कृतां मायां
बलदेवो महा-प्रभुः
चिक्षेप मुसलं दीर्घं
पर-सैन्य-विदारणम्
सर्वास्त्र-घातकं स्वच्छं
अष्ट-धातु-मयं दृढम्
शत-योजन-विस्तीर्णं
प्रलयाग्नि-सम-प्रभम्
jñātvātha tat-kṛtāṃ māyāṃ
baladevo mahā-prabhuḥ
cikṣepa musalaṃ dīrghaṃ
para-sainya-vidāraṇam
sarvāstra-ghātakaṃ svacchaṃ
aṣṭa-dhātu-mayaṃ dṛḍham
śata-yojana-vistīrṇaṃ
pralayāgni-sama-prabham
jñātvā—knowing; atha—then; tat-kṛtām—done by him; māyām—magic; baladevaḥ—Balarāma; mahā-prabhuḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; cikṣepa—thre; musalam—His club; dīrgham—great; para-sainya-vidāraṇam—breaking the enemy's army; sarva—all; astra—weapons; ghātakam—blow; svaccham—clear; aṣṭa-dhātu-mayam—made of eight metals; dṛḍham—firm; śata-yojana-vistīrṇam—800 miles long; pralayāgni-sama-prabham—splendid as the fire of cosmic devastation.
English translation of verses 5.24.33-34:
Aware that this was all a magical illusion, Lord Balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, threw His great eight-hundred-mile club, the best of weapons, which was made of eight metals, splendid as the fires at the time of cosmic devastation, and able to cut to pieces any enemy's army.