Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.29, 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 6.6.29
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गद-बाणैर् भिन्न-कुम्भा
मध्ये मध्ये विदारिताः
विरेजुः पतिता भूमौ
कूष्माण्ड-सकला इव
gada-bāṇair bhinna-kumbhā
madhye madhye vidāritāḥ
virejuḥ patitā bhūmau
kūṣmāṇḍa-sakalā iva
gada-bāṇaiḥ—by Gada's arrows; bhinna—broken; kumbhāḥ—elephants' heads; madhye—in the midst; madhye—in the midst; vidāritāḥ—severed; virejuḥ—were manifested; patitā—fallen; bhūmau—to the ground; kūṣmāṇḍa-sakalā—great gourds; iva—like.
English translation of verse 6.6.29:
Severed by Gada's arrows, many elephant heads fell to the ground like great gourds.