Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.15, 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:

नृत्यन्तः परिगायन्तो
धुन्वन्तो वसनानि च
नानोपायन-सम्युक्ताः
स्मश्रुलाः शिशवः परे

nṛtyantaḥ parigāyanto
dhunvanto vasanāni ca
nānopāyana-samyuktāḥ
smaśrulāḥ śiśavaḥ pare

nṛtyantaḥ—dancing; parigāyantaḥ—singing; dhunvantaḥ—shaking; vasanāni—garments; ca—and; nānāvarious; upāyana—gifts; samyuktāḥ—with; smaśrulāḥ—bearded men; śiśavaḥ—children; pare—others.

English translation of verse 1.12.15:

Dancing, singing, and shaking their garments, many bearded men, accompanied by their sons, brought many different gifts.

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