Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.24.44, 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 5 of Chapter 24 (The Killing of the Kola Demon) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.24.44
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स्नापयां चक्रुर् आर्यास् ते
गङ्गायां माधवं बलम्
वेद-मन्त्रैर् मङ्गलैश् च
गर्गाचार्यादयो द्विजाः
snāpayāṃ cakrur āryās te
gaṅgāyāṃ mādhavaṃ balam
veda-mantrair maṅgalaiś ca
gargācāryādayo dvijāḥ
snāpayāṃ cakruḥ—bathes; āryāḥ—the saints; te—they; gaṅgāyām—in the Gaṅgā; mādhavam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; balam—Balarāma; veda—of the Vedas; mantraiḥ—with mantras; maṅgalaiḥ—auspicious; ca—and; gargācāryādayaḥ—headed by garga Muni; dvijāḥ—the brāhmaṇas.
English translation of verse 5.24.44:
Chanting auspicious Vedic mantras, the saintly brāhmaṇas headed by Garga Muni performed a ritual bathing of Lord Balarāma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the waters of the Gaṅgā.