Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.44, 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:

घण्ट-मञ्जीर-सम्रावाः
किङ्किनी-जाल-मण्डिताः
हेम-शृङ्ग्यो हेम-तुल्य-
हार-माला-स्फुरत्-प्रभाः

ghaṇṭa-mañjīra-samrāvāḥ
kiṅkinī-jāla-maṇḍitāḥ
hema-śṛṅgyo hema-tulya-
hāra-mālā-sphurat-prabhāḥ

ghaṇṭaof bells; mañjīraand anklets; samrāvāḥ—the sound; kiṅkinīwith small bells; jālamultitude; maṇḍitāḥ—decorated; hemagolden; śṛṅgyaḥ—horns; hema—gold; tulyaequal; hāranecklaces; mālāgarlands; sphurat-prabhāḥ—splendid.

English translation of verse 1.2.44:

. . . decorated with a network of tiny bells, their bells and anklets tinkling, splendid with golden necklaces and flower garlands, their horns of gold, . . .

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