Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.20, 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 16 (Description of Shri Radhika’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

तत्रैव सिंहासन उद्गते वरे
परस्परं सम्मलितौ विरेजतुः
परं ब्रुवन्तौ मधुरं च दम्-पती
स्फुरत्-प्रभौ खे च तडिद्-घनाव् इव

tatraiva siṃhāsana udgate vare
parasparaṃ sammalitau virejatuḥ
paraṃ bruvantau madhuraṃ ca dam-patī
sphurat-prabhau khe ca taḍid-ghanāv iva

tatra—there; eva—indeed; siṃhāsane—on a throne; udgate—manifested; vare—excellent; parasparam—together; sammālitau—caressing; virejatuḥ—were splendidly manifested; param—then; bruvantau—conversing; madhuram—sweetly; ca—also; dam-patī—husband and wife; sphurat-prabhau—splendid; khe—in the sky; ca—also; taḍitlighting; ghanau—and cloud; iva—like.

English translation of verse 1.16.20:

Embracing and sweetly conversing on a beautiful throne there, They shone like a splendid lightning flash and a dark cloud in the sky.

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