Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.37, 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).
Verse 5.24.37
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
नाशं गतायां मायायां
बलदेवो महा-बलः
गृहीत्वा भुज-दण्डाभ्यां
भुज-दण्डे मदोत्कटे
nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ māyāyāṃ
baladevo mahā-balaḥ
gṛhītvā bhuja-daṇḍābhyāṃ
bhuja-daṇḍe madotkaṭe
nāśam—to destruction; gatāyām—gone; māyāyām—the magic; baladevaḥ—Lord Balarāma; mahā-balaḥ—very powerful; gṛhītvā—taking; bhuja-daṇḍābhyām—with both arms; bhuja-daṇḍe—the arms; madotkaṭe—ferocious.
English translation of verse 5.24.37:
When the magical illusion was completely dispelled, with both hands powerful Lord Balarāma grabbed the ferocious demon's arm.