Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.2.56, 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:

काञी-कला-कङ्कन-नूपुर-द्युतिं
लसन्-मनोहारि-महोज्ज्वल-स्मितम्
श्रीवत्स-रत्नोत्तम-कुन्तल-श्रियं
किरीट-हाराङ्गद-कुण्डल-त्विषम्

kāñī-kalā-kaṅkana-nūpura-dyutiṃ
lasan-manohāri-mahojjvala-smitam
śrīvatsa-ratnottama-kuntala-śriyaṃ
kirīṭa-hārāṅgada-kuṇḍala-tviṣam

kāñī-kalābelt; kaṅkanabracelets; nūpuraanklets; dyutim—splendor; lasatglistening; manohāri—charming; mahāvery; ujjvalasplendid; smitam—smile; śrīvatsaŚrīvatsa; ratnajewel; uttamaabove; kuntalacurly hair; śriyam—handsomeness; kirīṭacrown; hāranecklace; aṅgadaarmlets; kuṇḍalaearrings; tviṣam—glory.

English translation of verse 1.2.56:

. . . who was splendid with bracekets, anklets, and a belt, who had a glittering, charming, very glorious smile, who was handsome with the mark of Śrīvatsa and with a jewel placed in His curly locks of hair, and who was glorious with a crown, necklace, armlets, and earrings.

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