Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.11.58, 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 11 (Description of Shri Krishnacandra’s Birth) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.11.58
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चामरान्दोलिते शुभ्रे
स्थितादृश्यत दिव्य-दृक्
सायुधाष्ट-भुजा माया पार्षदैः परिसेविता
शत-सूर्य-प्रतीकाशा
कंसम् आह घन-स्वना
cāmarāndolite śubhre
sthitādṛśyata divya-dṛk
sāyudhāṣṭa-bhujā māyā pārṣadaiḥ parisevitā
śata-sūrya-pratīkāśā
kaṃsam āha ghana-svanā
cāmara—with cāmaras; āndolite—moved; śubhre—splendid; sthita—situated; adṛśyata—was seen; divya—divine; dṛk—appearance; sa—with; āyudha—weapons; aṣṭa—eight; bhujā—arms; māyā—the goddess Yogamāyā; pārṣadaiḥ—by associates; parisevitā—served; śata—a hundred; sūrya—suns; pratīkāśā—splendor; kaṃsam—to Kaṃsa; āha—said; ghana-svanā—with a voice like thunder.
English translation of verse 1.11.58:
He saw her standing on a splendid chariot with moving cāmaras. Then Goddess Yogamāyā, served by many attendants, her glorious form splendid as a hundred suns, her eight arms holding weapons, and her voice like thunder, spoke to Kaṃsa.