Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.14, 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 1.16.14
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वृन्दावनं दिव्य-वपुर् दधानं
वृक्षैर् वरैः काम-दुघैः सहैव
कलिन्द-पुत्री च सुवर्ण-सौधैः
श्री-रत्न-सोपानमयी बभूव
vṛndāvanaṃ divya-vapur dadhānaṃ
vṛkṣair varaiḥ kāma-dughaiḥ sahaiva
kalinda-putrī ca suvarṇa-saudhaiḥ
śrī-ratna-sopānamayī babhūva
vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; divya—transcendental and splendid; vapuḥ—form; dadhānam—manifesting; vṛkṣaiḥ—with trees; varaiḥ—excellent; kāma-dughaiḥ—fulfilling all desires; saha—with; eva—indeed; kalinda-putrī—the Yamunā; ca—also; suvarṇa—golden; saudhaiḥ—with palaces; śrī—beautiful; ratna—jewel; sopānamayī—with staircases; babhūva—became.
English translation of verse 1.16.14:
Vṛndāvana forest manifested a splendid transcendental form with beautiful desire-trees, and the Yamunā's shore had jewel steps and golden palaces.