Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.13, 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 2 (Description of the Abode of Shri Goloka) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

कोतिशो योजनोर्ध्वं वै
पुराणाम् अष्टकं गताः
दिव्य-प्रकर-रत्नादि-
द्रुम-वृन्द-मनोहरम्

kotiśo yojanordhvaṃ vai
purāṇām aṣṭakaṃ gatāḥ
divya-prakara-ratnādi-
druma-vṛnda-manoharam

kotiśaḥ—millions; yojanaor yojanas; ūrdhvam—above; vai—certainly; purāṇām—of cities; aṣṭakam—a group of eight; gatāḥ—went; divya-prakaraglistening; ratnajewels; ādi—beginning with; drumaof trees; vṛndagroups; manoharam—charming.

English translation of verse 1.2.13:

Millions of yojanas higher they came to eight cities charming with glistening jewel-forest groves.

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