Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.15.2, 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 15 (Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda’s Wife) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

पदं पिबन्तम् अति-चञ्चलम् अद्भुताङ्गं
वक्रैर् विनील-नव-कोमल-केश-बन्धैः
श्रीमन्-नृकेशरि-नख-स्फुरद्-अर्ध-चन्द्रं
तं लालयन्त्य् अति-घृणा मुदम् आप गोपी

padaṃ pibantam ati-cañcalam adbhutāṅgaṃ
vakrair vinīla-nava-komala-keśa-bandhaiḥ
śrīman-nṛkeśari-nakha-sphurad-ardha-candraṃ
taṃ lālayanty ati-ghṛṇā mudam āpa gopī

padamfoot; pibantam—drinking; ati-ca 24calam—very restless; adbhutawonderful; aṅgam—limbs; vakraiḥ—with curly; vinīla—black; navanew; komalasoft; keśa-bandhaiḥ—hair; śrīmathandsome; nṛkeśari—lion's; nakhanails; sphuratglistening; ardhahalf; candram—moon; tam—Him; lālayantī—fondling; ati-ghṛṇāwith kindness; mudam—happiness; āpa—attained; gopīthe gopī.

English translation of verse 1.15.2:

Filled with tender motherly love, the gopī attained great happiness as she caressed the restless child now licking His foot, decorated with a glittering half-moon necklace of lion's nails, His limbs very wonderful, and handsome with curly new black hairs.

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