Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.18.39, 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 18 (In the Course of Describing the Glories of Siddhashrama, a Description of the Rasa-dance Festival) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.18.39
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
क्व प्रेम्णा चात्र बाहुभ्यां
कर्षणं च परस्परम्
पुनः पुनस् तद्-ग्रहणं
भुजे चन्दन-चर्चितम्
kva premṇā cātra bāhubhyāṃ
karṣaṇaṃ ca parasparam
punaḥ punas tad-grahaṇaṃ
bhuje candana-carcitam
kva—where?; premṇā—with love; ca—and; atra—here; bāhubhyām—with both arms; karṣaṇam—pulling; ca—and; parasparam—each other; punaḥ—again; punaḥ—and again; tad-grahaṇam—grabbing; bhuje—the arms; candana-carcitam—anointed with sandal.
English translation of verse 6.18.39:
Where is His affectionate tugging with both arms? Where is His again and again holding the arm anointed with sandal paste?