Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.41, 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 1.12.41
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
हंसारूढो हेम-वर्णो
मुकुटी कुण्डली स्फुरन्
चतुर्-मुखो वेद-कर्ता
द्योतयन् मण्डलं दिशम्
haṃsārūḍho hema-varṇo
mukuṭī kuṇḍalī sphuran
catur-mukho veda-kartā
dyotayan maṇḍalaṃ diśam
haṃsa—on a swan; ārūḍhaḥ—riding; hema-varṇaḥ—golden color; mukuṭī—wearing a crown; kuṇḍalī—wearing earrings; sphuran—splendid; catur-mukhaḥ—with four faces; veda—of the Vedas; kartā—the author; dyotayan—illuminating; maṇḍalaṃ diśam—the directions.
English translation of verse 1.12.41:
Wearing a crown and earings, his complexion the color of gold, and filling the directions with light, four-faced Brahmā, the author of the Vedas, came, riding on a swan.