Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.14.27, 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 14 (The Glories of Ratnakara, Raivata, and Kacala) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

निःशस्त्रास् ते यदा शैलाः
कुर्वन्तः प्रध्वनिं मुहुः
गच्छन्तं स-गिरिं जघ्नुर्
मुश्टिभिर् जानुभिः पथि

niḥśastrās te yadā śailāḥ
kurvantaḥ pradhvaniṃ muhuḥ
gacchantaṃ sa-giriṃ jaghnur
muśṭibhir jānubhiḥ pathi

niḥśastrāḥ—weaponless; te—they; yadā—when; śailāḥthe mountains; kurvantaḥ—doing; pradhvanim—sound; muhuḥ—again and again; gacchantam— going; sa-girim—with the mountain; jaghnuḥ—hit; muśṭibhiḥ—with fists; jānubhiḥ—with knees; pathion the path.

English translation of verse 6.14.27:

Now weaponless, the mountains screamed and wailed again and again. As King Raivata was taking the young mountain, the mountains hit them again and again with their fists and knees.

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