Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.43, 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 6.6.43
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दश-योजन-पर्यन्तं
रथेभाश्व-पदातयः
पेषिताश् चूर्णिता भूमौ
शयाना धरणीं गताः
daśa-yojana-paryantaṃ
rathebhāśva-padātayaḥ
peṣitāś cūrṇitā bhūmau
śayānā dharaṇīṃ gatāḥ
daśa-yojana-paryantam—for eighty miles; rathebhāśva-padātayaḥ—footsoldier, cavalry, and chariot warriors; peṣitāḥ—broken to pieces; cūrṇitā—crushed; bhūmau—on the ground; śayānā—lying; dharaṇīm—to the ground; gatāḥ—gone.
English translation of verse 6.6.43:
For eighty miles the ground was littered with the broken and crushed remains of footsoldiers, cavalry, and chariot warriors.