Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.15, 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:

तं दृष्ट्वा प्रचलन्तस् ते
तत् पुरं जग्मुर् उत्तमम्
असङ्ख्य-कोटि-मर्तण्ड-
ज्योतिषां मण्डलं महत्

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pracalantas te
tat puraṃ jagmur uttamam
asaṅkhya-koṭi-martaṇḍa-
jyotiṣāṃ maṇḍalaṃ mahat

tam—that; dṛṣṭvāhaving seen; pracalantaḥ—going; te—they; tat puramto that city; jagmuḥ—went; uttamam—great; asaṅkhya—countless; koṭimillions; martaṇḍa—of suns; jyotiṣām—of the splendor; maṇḍalam—circle; mahatgreat.

English translation of verse 1.2.15:

After seeing this, they entered a city splendid as countless millions of suns.

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