Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.25, 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 6 (The Yadavas’ Victory When Shri Rukmini is Kidnapped) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.6.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
बलदेवानुजो वीरो
गदो धुन्वन् महद्-धनुः
विवेश शत्रु-सङ्घट्टं
वनं वह्निर् इव प्रभुः
baladevānujo vīro
gado dhunvan mahad-dhanuḥ
viveśa śatru-saṅghaṭṭaṃ
vanaṃ vahnir iva prabhuḥ
baladevānujaḥ—the younger brother of Balarāma; vīraḥ—hero; gadaḥ—Gada; dhunvan—shaking; mahad-dhanuḥ—a great bow; viveśa—entered; śatru—of the enemies; saṅghaṭṭam—the host; vanam—a forest; vahniḥ—a fire; iva—like; prabhuḥ—powerful.
English translation of verse 6.6.25:
Shaking his bow, Balarāma's heroic younger brother Gada entered among the enemies as a fire enters a forest.