Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.4, 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 16 (Description of Shri Radhika’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.16.4
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदैव कोट्य्-अर्क-समूह-दीप्तिर्
आगच्छतीवाचलति दिशासु
बभूव तस्यां वृषभानु-पुत्रीं
ददर्श राधां नव-नन्द-राजः
tadaiva koṭy-arka-samūha-dīptir
āgacchatīvācalati diśāsu
babhūva tasyāṃ vṛṣabhānu-putrīṃ
dadarśa rādhāṃ nava-nanda-rājaḥ
tadā—then; eva—indeed; koṭi—millions; arka—of suns; samūha—multitude; dīptiḥ—splendor; āgacchati—came; iva—as if; ācalati—moves; diśāsu—in the directions; babhūva—became; tasyām—in that; vṛṣabhānu—of King Vṛṣabhānu; putrīm—the daughter; dadarśa—saw; rādhām—Rādhā; nava-nanda-rājaḥ—Nanda Mahārāja, the king of the nine Nandas.
English translation of verse 1.16.4:
Then, as an effulgence greater than millions of suns converged on him from all directions, Nanda Mahārāja, the king of the nine Nandas, saw Vṛṣabhānu's daughter Rādhā, . . .