Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.37, 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 1.12.37
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तेभ्यो नन्दो महा-राजो
सहस्रं गाः पृथक् पृथक्
वसो-ऽलङ्कार-रत्नानि
हयेभान् अखिलान् ददौ
tebhyo nando mahā-rājo
sahasraṃ gāḥ pṛthak pṛthak
vaso-'laṅkāra-ratnāni
hayebhān akhilān dadau
tebhyaḥ—to them; nandaḥ—Nanda; mahā-rājaḥ—the great king; sahasram—a thousand; gāḥ—cows; pṛthak pṛthak—to each; vasaḥ—garments; alaṅkāra—ornaments; ratnāni—jewels; haya—horses; ibhān—and elephants; akhilān—all; dadau—gave.
English translation of verse 1.12.37:
To each one Nanda Mahārāja gave a thousand cows and many garments, ornaments, jewels, horses, and elephants.