Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.6, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

रथ्या वीथ्याश् च देहाल्यो
भित्ति-प्रङ्गन-वेदिकाः
तोलिका-मण्डप-सभा
रेजुर् गन्ध-जलाम्बरैः

rathyā vīthyāś ca dehālyo
bhitti-praṅgana-vedikāḥ
tolikā-maṇḍapa-sabhā
rejur gandha-jalāmbaraiḥ

rathyāhighways; vīthyāḥ—footpaths; ca—also; dehalyaḥ—entranceways; bhittiwalls; praṅgana—courtyards; vedikāḥ—platforms; tolikā-maṇḍapa-sabhāgazebos and assembly-halls; rejuḥ—shone; gandhafragrant; jala-ambaraiḥ—with water.

English translation of verse 1.12.6:

The highways, footpaths, entanceways, walls, courtyards, platforms, gazebos, and assembly-halls glistened with drops of fragrant water.

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