Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.3.37, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

श्रीः साक्षाद् रुक्मिणी भैष्मी
शिवा जाम्बवती तथा
सत्या च तुलसी भूमौ
सत्यभामा वसुन्धरा

śrīḥ sākṣād rukmiṇī bhaiṣmī
śivā jāmbavatī tathā
satyā ca tulasī bhūmau
satyabhāmā vasundharā

śrīḥ—the goddess of fortune; sākṣād—directly; rukmiṇīRukmiṇī; bhaiṣmī—the daughter of Bhīṣmaka; śivāPārvatī; jāmbavatīJāmbavatī; tathā—so; satyāSatyā; ca—also; tulasīTulasī; bhūmau—on the earth; satyabhāmāSatyabhāmā; vasundharāVasundharā.

English translation of verse 1.3.37:

The goddess of fortune will take birth as Bhīṣmaka's daughter Rukmiṇī. Lord Śiva's consort will take birth as Jāmbavatī. Tulasī will take birth as Satyā and Vasundharā as Satyabhāmā.

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