Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.1.27, 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 6 of Chapter 1 (Jarasandha’s Defeat) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.1.27
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
द्विप-ग्राहा चोष्ट्र-खर-
कबन्धाश्वादि-कच्छपा
शिशुमार-रथा केश-
शैवला भुज-सर्पिणी
dvipa-grāhā coṣṭra-khara-
kabandhāśvādi-kacchapā
śiśumāra-rathā keśa-
śaivalā bhuja-sarpiṇī
dvipa—the elephants; grāhā—crocodiles; ca—and; uṣṭra—camels; khara—mules; kabandha—headless corpses; aśva—horses; ādi—beginning with; kacchapā—turtles; śiśumāra—porpoises; rathā—chariots; keśa—hair; śaivalā—moss; bhuja—arms; sarpiṇī—snakes.
English translation of verse 6.1.27:
. . . where the elephants were crocodiles, the camels, mules, horses, and headless corpses giant turtles, the chariots porpoises, the severed arms snakes, . . .