Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.18, 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 1.12.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
जाते पुत्रोत्सवे नन्दः
स्वानन्दाश्र्व्-आकुलेक्षणः
पुजयाम् आस तान् सर्वांस्
तिलकाद्यैर् विधानतः
jāte putrotsave nandaḥ
svānandāśrv-ākulekṣaṇaḥ
pujayām āsa tān sarvāṃs
tilakādyair vidhānataḥ
jāte—manifested; putrotsave—the festival of a son; nandaḥ—Nanda; svānanda—of bliss; aśru—with tears; ākula—filled; īkṣaṇaḥ—eyes; pujayām āsa—worshiped; tān—them; sarvān—all; tilakādyaiḥ—beginning with tilaka; vidhānataḥ—by placing.
English translation of verse 1.12.18:
His eyes filled with tears of bliss, Nanda worshiped everyone with tilaka and other gifts during the festival celebrating his son's birth.