Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.2, 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 12 (Description of Shri Nanda’s Festival) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.12.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स-विधि जातकं कृत्वा
नन्द-राजो महा-मनाः
विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणाभिश् च
मुदा लक्षं गवां ददौ
sa-vidhi jātakaṃ kṛtvā
nanda-rājo mahā-manāḥ
viprebhyo dakṣiṇābhiś ca
mudā lakṣaṃ gavāṃ dadau
sa-vidhi—following tradition; jātakam—the birth ceremony; kṛtvā—having done; nanda-rājaḥ—King Nanda; mahā-manāḥ—who had a noble-heart; viprebhyaḥ—to the brāhmaṇas; dakṣiṇābhiḥ—with priestly rewards; ca—also; mudā—happily; lakṣam—a hundred thousand; gavām—cows; dadau—gave.
English translation of verse 1.12.2:
When the traditional birth-ceremony was performed, noble-hearted King Nanda happily gave the brāhmaṇas a hundred thousand cows as dakṣiṇā.