Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.7, 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 1.12.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गावः सुवर्ण-शृअग्यश् च
हेम-माला-लसद्-गलाः
घण्टा-मञ्जीर-झङ्कारा
रक्त-कम्बल-मण्डिताः
gāvaḥ suvarṇa-śṛagyaś ca
hema-mālā-lasad-galāḥ
ghaṇṭā-mañjīra-jhaṅkārā
rakta-kambala-maṇḍitāḥ
gāvaḥ—the cows; suvarṇa—gold; śṛagyaḥ—wiith horns; ca—also; hema—of gold; mālā—with necklaces; lasat—shining; galāḥ—necks; ghaṇṭā—bells; mañjīra—and tinkling ornaments; jhaṅkārāḥ—thinking; rakta—red; kambala—blankets; maṇḍitāḥ—decorated.
English translation of verse 1.12.7:
The cows were decorated with red cloths and their horns were covered with gold. Their necks glistened with golden necklaces and they tinkled with many bells and ornaments.