Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.42, 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 1.12.42
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तथा तम् अनु भूताढ्यो
वृषारूढो महेश्वरः
रथारूढो रविः साक्षाद्
गजारूढः पुरन्दरः
tathā tam anu bhūtāḍhyo
vṛṣārūḍho maheśvaraḥ
rathārūḍho raviḥ sākṣād
gajārūḍhaḥ purandaraḥ
tathā—so; tam—him; anu—after; bhūta—by ghosts and demons; āḍhyaḥ—accompanied; vṛṣa-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a bull; maheśvaraḥ—Lord Śiva; ratha-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a chariot; raviḥ—the sun-god; sākṣāt—directly; gaja-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on an elephant; purandaraḥ—Indra.
English translation of verse 1.12.42:
Accompanied by many ghosts and demons, Lord Śiva came, riding on a bull.
The sun-god came riding on a chariot. Indra came riding on an elephant.