Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.38, 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 1.12.38
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वन्दिभ्यो मागधेभ्यश् च
सर्वेभ्यो बहुलं धनम्
ववर्ष धनवद्-गोपो
नन्द-राजो व्रजेश्वरः
vandibhyo māgadhebhyaś ca
sarvebhyo bahulaṃ dhanam
vavarṣa dhanavad-gopo
nanda-rājo vrajeśvaraḥ
vandibhyaḥ—to the vandis; māgadhebhyaḥ—to the magadhas; ca—and; sarvebhyaḥ—to everyone; bahulam—abundant; dhanam—wealth; vavarṣa—showered; dhanavat—wealthy; gopaḥ—gopa; nanda-rājaḥ—King Nanda; vrajeśvaraḥ—the ruler of Vraja.
English translation of verse 1.12.38:
King Nanda, the wealthy gopa ruler of Vraja, showered great wealth on the vandīs, māgadhas, and everyone else.