Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.10.8, 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 10 (Description of the Birth of Lord Balarama) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.10.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
नन्दाद्या वसवह् सर्वे
वृषभान्व्-आदयह् सुराह्
गोप्यो वेद-ऋचाद्याश् च
सन्ति भूमौ नृपेश्वर
nandādyā vasavah sarve
vṛṣabhānv-ādayah surāh
gopyo veda-ṛcādyāś ca
santi bhūmau nṛpeśvara
nanda—by Nanda; ādyāh—headed; vasavah—the Vasus; sarve—all; vṛṣabhānu— by Vṛṣabhānu; ādayah—headed; surāh—the suras; gopyah—the gopīs; veda-ṛcā—by the Vedic hymns; ādyāh—headed; ca—also; santi—are; bhūmau—on the earth; nṛpa-īśvara—O king of kings.
English translation of verse 1.10.8:
"O king of kings, all the Vasus have become the people that have Nanda as their leader. The suras have become the people that have Vṛṣabhānu as their leader. A group that has the Vedic hymns as its leader has become gopīs. They are all now on the earth.