Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 1.3.6-8, 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 3 (Description of the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verses 1.3.6-8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदैव चागतः साक्षाद्
रामो रजीव-लोचनः
धनुर्-बाण-धरः सीता-
शोभितो भ्रातृभिर् वृतः
दश-कोट्य्-अर्क-सङ्काशे
चामरैर् दोलिते रथे
असङ्ख्य-वणरेन्द्राढ्ये
लक्ष-चक्र-घन-स्वने
लक्ष-ध्वजे लक्ष-हये
शतकौम्भे स्थितस् ततः
श्री-कृष्ण-विग्रहे पूर्णः
सम्प्रलीनो बभूव ह
tadaiva cāgataḥ sākṣād
rāmo rajīva-locanaḥ
dhanur-bāṇa-dharaḥ sītā-
śobhito bhrātṛbhir vṛtaḥ
daśa-koṭy-arka-saṅkāśe
cāmarair dolite rathe
asaṅkhya-vaṇarendrāḍhye
lakṣa-cakra-ghana-svane
lakṣa-dhvaje lakṣa-haye
śatakaumbhe sthitas tataḥ
śrī-kṛṣṇa-vigrahe pūrṇaḥ
sampralīno babhūva ha
tadā—then; eva—indeed; ca—also; āgataḥ—come; sākṣād—directly; rāmo—Rāmacandra; rajīva—lotus; locanaḥ—eyes; dhanur—bow; bāṇa—and arrows; dharaḥ—holding; sītā—with Sītā; śobhito—glorious; bhrātṛbhir—by brothers; vṛtaḥ—accompanied; daśa—ten; koṭi—ten million; arka—of suns; saṅkāśe—splendor; cāmarair—with cāmaras; dolite—moved; rathe—on the chariot; asaṅkhya—countless; vaṇara—monkey; indra—kings; aḍhye—opulent; lakṣa—ten thousand; cakra—wheels; ghana—deep; svane—sound; lakṣa—ten thousand; dhvaje—flags; lakṣa—ten thousand; haye—horses; śatakaumbhe—golden; sthitas—standing; tataḥ—then; śrī-kṛṣṇa-vigrahe—in Lord Kṛṣṇa's body; pūrṇaḥ—perfect; sampralīno—merged; babhūva—became; ha—indeed.
English translation of verses 1.3.6-8:
Then, holding a bow and arrows, glorious with Sītā, and accompanied by His brothers, lotus-eyed Lord Rāmacandra came in a golden chariot that was effulgent as a hundred million suns, (decorated) with swaying cāmaras, opulent with countless monkey-kings, rumbling with ten thousand wheels, (decorated with) ten thousand flags, and (pulled by) ten thousand horses, and merged in the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.