Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.38, 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 6.6.38
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ततो मुसलम् आदाय
बलदेवस् त्वरन् बली
विकराले मुखे भीमे
दन्तवक्रम् अताडयत्
tato musalam ādāya
baladevas tvaran balī
vikarāle mukhe bhīme
dantavakram atāḍayat
tataḥ—then; musalam—a club; ādāya—taking; baladevaḥ—Lord Balarāma; tvaran—hurrying; bali—powerful; vikarāle—terrible; mukhe—mouth; bhīme—ferocious; dantavakram—Dantavakra; atāḍayat—struck.
English translation of verse 6.6.38:
Then, picking up His own club, Lord Balarāma hurried there and struck Dantavakra in his gruesome mouth.