Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.24, 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 1.16.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
त्वं रामचन्द्रो जनकात्मजेयं
भूमौ हरिस् त्वं कमलालयेयम्
यज्ञावतारो ऽसि यदा तदेयं
श्री-दक्षिणा स्त्री प्रति-पत्नी-मुख्या
tvaṃ rāmacandro janakātmajeyaṃ
bhūmau haris tvaṃ kamalālayeyam
yajñāvatāro 'si yadā tadeyaṃ
śrī-dakṣiṇā strī prati-patnī-mukhyā
tvam—You; rāmacandraḥ—Rāmacandra; janakātmajā—the daughter of Janaka; iyam—She; bhūmau—on the earth; hariḥ—Lord Hari; tvam—You; kamalālayā—the abode of Kamalā; iyam—She; yaj 24āvatāraḥ—Yajña-avatāra; asi—You are; yadā—when; tadā—thenl iyam—She; śrī-dakṣiṇā—Śrī Dakṣiṇā; strī—wife; prati-patnī-mukhyā—the best of wives.
English translation of verse 1.16.24:
When in this world You are Rāmacandra, She is Janaka's daughter Sītā. When You are Lord Hari, She is Kamalā. When You are Yajña-avatāra, She is Śrī Dakṣiṇā, the best of wives.