Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.47, 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 1.12.47
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मङ्गलो वनरारूढो
भासारूढो बुधः स्मृतः
गीष्पतिः कृष्णसार-स्थः
शुक्रो गवय-वाहनः
maṅgalo vanarārūḍho
bhāsārūḍho budhaḥ smṛtaḥ
gīṣpatiḥ kṛṣṇasāra-sthaḥ
śukro gavaya-vāhanaḥ
maṅgalaḥ—the ruler of the planet mars; vānara-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a gorilla; bhāsa-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a rooster; budhaḥ—the ruler of the planet mercury; smṛtaḥ—considered; gīṣpatiḥ—the ruler of the planet jupiter; kṛṣṇasāra-sthaḥ—riding on a black-deer; śukraḥ—the ruler of the planet Venus; gavaya-vāhanaḥ—riding on an ox.
English translation of verse 1.12.47:
The ruler of the planet Mars came riding on a gorilla. The ruler of the planet Mercury came riding on a rooster. The ruler of the planet Jupiter came riding on a black stag. The ruler of the planet Venus came riding on an ox.