Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 1.10.27-28, 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).
Verses 1.10.27-28
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अथ व्रजे पञ्च-दिनेषु भाद्रे
तिथौ च षष्ठ्यां च सिते बुधे च
उच्चैर् ग्रहैह् पञ्चभिर् आवृते च
लग्ने तुलाख्ये दिन-मध्य-देशे
सुरेषु वर्षत्सु सु-पुष्प-वर्षं
घनेषु मुञ्चत्सु च वारि-बिन्दून्
बभूव देवो वसुदेव-पत्न्यां
विभासयन् नन्द-गृहं स्व-भासा
atha vraje pañca-dineṣu bhādre
tithau ca ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca site budhe ca
uccair grahaih pañcabhir āvṛte ca
lagne tulākhye dina-madhya-deśe
sureṣu varṣatsu su-puṣpa-varṣaṃ
ghaneṣu muñcatsu ca vāri-bindūn
babhūva devo vasudeva-patnyāṃ
vibhāsayan nanda-gṛhaṃ sva-bhāsā
atha—then; vraje—in Vraja; pañca-dineṣu—in five days; bhādre—in Bhadra; tithau - in the day; ca—and; ṣaṣṭhyām—on the sixth; ca—also; site—in the bright fortnight; budhe—in mercury; ca—and; uccaih—exalted; grahaih—with planets; pañcabhih— with five; āvṛte—covered; ca—and; lagne—on the horizon; tula-ākhye—in Libra; dina-madhya-deśe—at midday; sureṣu—as the demigods; varṣatsu—showered; su— beautiful; puṣpa—of flowers; varṣam—a rain; ghaneṣu—as the clouds; muñcatsu— released; ca—also; vāri-bindūn—drops of water; babhūva—became; devah—the Supreme Lord; vasudeva-patnyām—in the wife of Vasudeva; vibhāsayan— illuminating; nanda-gṛham—Nanda's home; sva—with His own; bhāsā—splendor.
English translation of verses 1.10.27-28:
Then, in Vraja, after five days, in the month of Bhādra (August-September), on the sixth day of the bright fortnight, when Mercury, five exalted planets, and the constellation Libra were on the horizon, at midday, as the demigods showered a beautiful rain of flowers and the clouds sprinkled drops of water, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, illuminating Nanda's home with His splendor, was born from Vasudeva's wife (Rohiṇī).