Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.48, 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 1.12.48
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
शनिश् च मकरारूढ
उष्ट्र-स्थः सिंहिक-सुतः
कोटि-बालार्क-सङ्काश
आययौ नन्द-मन्दिरम्
śaniś ca makarārūḍha
uṣṭra-sthaḥ siṃhika-sutaḥ
koṭi-bālārka-saṅkāśa
āyayau nanda-mandiram
śaniḥ—the ruler of the planet Saturn; ca—also; makara-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a shark; uṣṭra-sthaḥ—riding on a camel; siṃhikā-sutaḥ—the ruler of the planet Rahu; koṭi—millions; bālārka—of rising suns; saṅkāśāḥ—splendid; āyayau—they came; nanda—of Nanda; mandiram—to the palace.
English translation of verse 1.12.48:
The ruler of the planet Saturn came riding on a shark. The ruler of the planet Rāhu came riding on a camel. Splendid as millions of suns, they came to Nanda's palace.