Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.9.12, 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 9 (Description of Vasudeva’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

भेरि-मृदङ्गोद्धर-गोमुखानां
धुन्धुर्य-वीनानक-वेणुकानां
महत्-स्वनो ऽभूच् चलतां यदूनां
प्रयान-काले पथि मङ्गलं च

bheri-mṛdaṅgoddhara-gomukhānāṃ
dhundhurya-vīnānaka-veṇukānāṃ
mahat-svano 'bhūc calatāṃ yadūnāṃ
prayāna-kāle pathi maṅgalaṃ ca

bheribheris; mṛdaṅgamṛdaṅgas; uddharauddharas; gomukhānām—and gomukhas; dhundhurya—dhundhuryas; vīnāvīnāa; anakaanakas; veṇukānām—and venus; mahatgreat; svanaḥ—sound; abhūt—was; calatām—moving; yadūnām—of the Yādavas; prayāna—of departure; kāleat the time; pathion the path; maṅgalam—auspicious; ca—and.

English translation of verse 1.9.12:

At the time of the Yādavas' departure, on the path was a great auspicious sound of many bheris, mṛdaṅgas, uddharas, gomukhas, dhundhuryas, vīṇās, anakas, and veṇus.

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