Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.17.23, 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 2 of Chapter 17 (The Meeting of Shri Radha-Krishna) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.17.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
विज्ञाय तद्-गौरवम् उत्तमं महद्
उत्थाय दोर्भ्यां परिरभ्य राधिका
दिव्यासने स्थाप्य सु-लोक-रीत्या
जलादिकं चार्हणम् आरभच् छुभम्
vijñāya tad-gauravam uttamaṃ mahad
utthāya dorbhyāṃ parirabhya rādhikā
divyāsane sthāpya su-loka-rītyā
jalādikaṃ cārhaṇam ārabhac chubham
vijñāya—understanding; tad-gauravam—His greatness; uttamam—supreme; mahat—great; utthāya—rising; dorbhyām—with both arms; parirabhya—embracing; rādhikā—Rādhā; divyāsane—on a splendid throne; sthāpya—placing; su-loka-rītyā—as an exalted person; jalādikam—beginning with water; ca—and; arhaṇam—worship; ārabhat—did; śubham—glorious.
English translation of verse 2.17.23:
Understanding the greatness of this visitor, with both arms Rādhā embraced the disguised Kṛṣṇa, placed Him on a glorious throne, and worshiped Him with arghya and other objects as if He were a very important person.