Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.26, 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 1 of Chapter 12 (Description of Shri Nanda’s Festival) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.12.26
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राजिक-लवण-रात्रि-विशेष-चूर्णैर्
गो-धूम-सर्षप-यवैः कर-लालनैश् च
उत्तार्य बालक-मुखोपरि चाशिषास् ताः
सर्वा ददुर् नृप जगुर् जगदुर् यशोदाम्
śrī-rājika-lavaṇa-rātri-viśeṣa-cūrṇair
go-dhūma-sarṣapa-yavaiḥ kara-lālanaiś ca
uttārya bālaka-mukhopari cāśiṣās tāḥ
sarvā dadur nṛpa jagur jagadur yaśodām
śrī-rājika-lavaṇa-rātri-viśeṣa-cūrṇaiḥ—with ground mustard and salt; go-dhūma-sarṣapa-yavaiḥ—with wheat and barley flour; kara—of the hand; lālanaiḥ—with gentle strokes; ca—also; uttārya—lifting; bālaka—of the child; mukha—face; upari—above; ca—and; āśiṣāḥ—benedictions; tāḥ—they; sarvāḥ—all; daduḥ—gave; nṛpa—O king; jaguḥ—they sang; jagaduḥ—they spoke; yaśodām—to Yaśodā.
English translation of verse 1.12.26:
With gentle strokes they anointed the child's face with a paste of wheat and barley flours, black mustard, and salt. They all gave many blessings. O king, they sang, and then they spoke to Yaśodā.