Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.9.9, 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 9 (Description of Vasudeva’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

कृतोद्वहः शौरिर् अतीव-सुन्दरं
रथं प्रयाने समलङ्कृतं हयैः
सार्धं तया देवक-राज-कन्यया
समारुहत् कञ्चन-रत्न-शोभया

kṛtodvahaḥ śaurir atīva-sundaraṃ
rathaṃ prayāne samalaṅkṛtaṃ hayaiḥ
sārdhaṃ tayā devaka-rāja-kanyayā
samāruhat kañcana-ratna-śobhayā

kṛtaperformed; udvahaḥmarriage; śauriḥVasudeva; atīva-sundaram—very beautiful; ratham—chariot; prayāne—in the journey; samalaṅkṛtam—decorated; hayaiḥ—horses; sārdham—with; tayāwith her; devaka-rāja-kanyayā—King Devaka's daughter; samāruhat—ascended; kañcanawith gold; ratnaand jewels; śobhayā—beautiful.

English translation of verse 1.9.9:

When the marriage ceremony was over Vasudeva, accompanied by King Devaka's daughter, who was beautiful with gold and jewels, climbed a very graceful decorated chariot drawn by many horses.

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