Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.34, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

राधा कराभ्यां प्रददौ च मालिकां
किञ्जल्किनीं कृष्ण-गले ऽलिनादिनीम्
हरेः कराभ्यां वृषभानुजा गले
ततश् च वह्निं प्रणमय्य वेद-वित्

rādhā karābhyāṃ pradadau ca mālikāṃ
kiñjalkinīṃ kṛṣṇa-gale 'linādinīm
hareḥ karābhyāṃ vṛṣabhānujā gale
tataś ca vahniṃ praṇamayya veda-vit

rādhāRādhā; karābhyām—with both hands; pradadau—gave; ca—also; mālikām—a garland; kiñjalkinīm—of lotus flowers; kṛṣṇa-gale—on Kṛṣṇa's neck; ali—of bees; nādinīm—filled with the humming; hareḥ—of Lord Hari; karābhyām—with both hands; vṛṣabhānujā—the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu; gale—on the neck; tataḥ—then; ca—and; vahnim—the fire; praṇamayya—having bow down; veda-vit—the knower of the Vedas.

English translation of verse 1.16.34:

Then with both hands Śrī Rādhā placed on Lord Kṛṣṇa's neck a lotus garland filled the the humming of bees. Then with both hands Lord Hari placed on Śrī Rādhā's neck a similar garland. Then Brahmā had Them bow down before the sacred fire.

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