Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.5, 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 1.12.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पताकैर् हेम-कलशैर्
वितानैस् तोरणैः शुभैः
अनेक-वर्णैश् चित्रैश् च
बभौ श्री-नन्द-मन्दिरम्
patākair hema-kalaśair
vitānais toraṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ
aneka-varṇaiś citraiś ca
babhau śrī-nanda-mandiram
patākaiḥ—with flags; hema—golden; kalaśaiḥ—with pots; vitānaiḥ—with awnings; toraṇaiḥ—with arches; śubhaiḥ—glorious; aneka—many; varṇaiḥ—colors; citraiḥ—wonderful; ca—also; babhau—shone; śrī-nanda-mandiram—Śrī Nanda's palace.
English translation of verse 1.12.5:
Decorated with beautiful and wonderfully colorful flags, awnings, gateways, and golden pots, Śrī Nanda's palace was glorious.