Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.38, 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:

सप्तधा पद्मरागाग्रा-
जिर-कुड्य-विभूषितः
कोटीन्दु-मण्डलाकारैर्
वितानैर् गुलिका-द्युतिः

saptadhā padmarāgāgrā-
jira-kuḍya-vibhūṣitaḥ
koṭīndu-maṇḍalākārair
vitānair gulikā-dyutiḥ

saptadhāseven; padmarāgaruby; agraendge; ajiracourtyards; kuḍyawalls; vibhūṣitaḥdecorated; koṭimillions; induof moons; maṇḍalacircle; ākāraiḥ—with forms; vitānaiḥ—with canopies; gulikāwith pearls; dyutiḥ—splendor.

English translation of verse 1.2.38:

. . . a courtyard decorated with seven walls made of rubies and with a glory of pearls from awnings like many millions of moons, . . .

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