Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.42, 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:

कोटिशः कोटिशो गावो
द्वारि द्वारि मनोहराः
श्वेत-पर्वत-सङ्काशा
दिव्य-भूषण-भूषिताः

koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo gāvo
dvāri dvāri manoharāḥ
śveta-parvata-saṅkāśā
divya-bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣitāḥ

koṭiśaḥmillions; koṭiśaḥ—and millions; gāvaḥcows; dvāri—at doorway; dvāri—after doorway; manoharāḥbeautiful; śvetawhite; parvatamountains; saṅkāśāḥ—glory; divyasplendid; bhūṣaṇawith ornaments; bhūṣitāḥ—decorated.

English translation of verse 1.2.42:

. . . where at door after door there were millions of millions of beautiful cows glorious as white mountains, decorated with glittering ornaments, . . .

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