Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.12, 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).

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

पार्षदाख्यास् तथा काश्चिच्
छ्री-वृन्दावन-पालिकाः
गोवर्धन-निवासिन्यः
काश्चित् कुञ्ज-विधायिकाः

pārṣadākhyās tathā kāścic
chrī-vṛndāvana-pālikāḥ
govardhana-nivāsinyaḥ
kāścit kuñja-vidhāyikāḥ

pārṣadā—associates; ākhyāḥnamed; tathā—so; kāścit—some; śrī-vṛndāvanaof Vṛndāvana; pālikāḥ—the protectors; govardhanaby Govardhana Hill; nivāsinyaḥ—residing; kāścit—some; kuñjain the forest groves; vidhāyikāḥ—arranging.

English translation of verse 1.4.12:

Some of these gopī associates of the Lord protect the forest of Vṛndāvana, some reside by Govardhana Hill, and some decorate the forest groves.

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