Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.32, 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 1.16.32
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स वाहयाम् आस हरिं च राधिकां
प्रदक्षिणं सप्त-हिरण्य-रेतसः
ततश् च तौ तं प्रणमय्य वेद-वित्
तौ पाठयाम् आस च सप्त-मन्त्रकम्
sa vāhayām āsa hariṃ ca rādhikāṃ
pradakṣiṇaṃ sapta-hiraṇya-retasaḥ
tataś ca tau taṃ praṇamayya veda-vit
tau pāṭhayām āsa ca sapta-mantrakam
saḥ—He; vāhayām āsa—married; harim—Lord Hari; ca—and; rādhikām—Rādhā; pradakṣiṇam—circumambulation; sapta-hiraṇya-retasaḥ—of the fire; tataḥ—then; ca—also; tau—Them; tam—that; praṇamayya—making bow down; veda—the Vedas; vit—knowing; tau—to Them; pāṭhayām āsa—recited; ca—also; sapta—seven; mantrakam—mantras.
English translation of verse 1.16.32:
Brahmā performed the wedding-ceremony of Lord Hari and Śrī Rādhikā. He had Them circumambulate the sacred fire and bow down before it, and then Brahmā, the knower of the Vedas, recited the seven mantras.