Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.19, 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 1.16.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
भुजेन सङ्गृह्य हसन् प्रियां हरिर्
जगाम मध्ये सु-विवाह-मण्डपम्
विवाह-सम्भार-युतः स-मेखलं
सुदर्भमद्-वारि-घटादि-मण्डितम्
bhujena saṅgṛhya hasan priyāṃ harir
jagāma madhye su-vivāha-maṇḍapam
vivāha-sambhāra-yutaḥ sa-mekhalaṃ
sudarbhamad-vāri-ghaṭādi-maṇḍitam
bhujena—with an arm; saṅgṛhya—taking; hasan—smiling; priyām—His beloved; hariḥ—Lord Hari; jagāma—went; madhye—to the middle; su—beautiful; vivāha—marriage; maṇḍapam—pavilion; vivāha—for the marriage; sambhāra—paraphernalia; yutaḥ—with; sa-mekhalam—with a belt; su-darbha-mat—with kuśa grass; vāri—water; ghaṭa—pots; ādi—beginning with; maṇḍitam—decorated.
English translation of verse 1.16.19:
Smiling, Lord Hari took His beloved by the arm, and with the wedding paraphernalia went to the wedding-pavilion, which was decorated with mekhalās, kuśa grass, waterpots, and many other things.