Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.11, 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 4 (Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.4.11
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोलोक-वासिन्यः काश्चित्
काश्चिद् वै द्वार-पालिकाः
शृङ्गार-प्रकरा काश्चित्
काश्चित् काश्चिच् छय्योपकारकाः
goloka-vāsinyaḥ kāścit
kāścid vai dvāra-pālikāḥ
śṛṅgāra-prakarā kāścit
kāścit kāścic chayyopakārakāḥ
goloka—of Goloka; vāsinyaḥ—the residents; kaścit—some; kāścit—some; vai—indeed; dvāra-pālikāḥ—doorkeepers; śṛṅgāra-prakarāḥ—decorators; kāścit—some; kāścit—some; kāścit—some; śayyā-upakārakāḥ—arranging the bed.
English translation of verse 1.4.11:
Some of the gopīs who live in Gokula are doorkeepers, some decorate (the divine couple), and some prepare the (divine couple's) bed.