Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.43, 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 1.16.43
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
दुद्राव राधा हरि-हस्त-पद्माज्
झङ्कारम् अङ्घ्र्योः प्रतिकुर्वती कौ
निलीयमाना यमुना-निकुञ्जे
पुनर् व्रजन्ती हरि-हस्त-मात्रात्
dudrāva rādhā hari-hasta-padmāj
jhaṅkāram aṅghryoḥ pratikurvatī kau
nilīyamānā yamunā-nikuñje
punar vrajantī hari-hasta-mātrāt
dudrāva—ran; rādhā—Rādhā; hari—of Lord Hari; hasta—hand; padmāt—lotus; jhaṅkāram—tinkling; aṅghryoḥ—of the feet; pratikurvatī—doing; kau—on the ground; nilīyamānā—disappearing; yamunā-niku 24je—in the grove by the Yamunā; punaḥ—again; vrajantī—going; hari-hasta-mātrāt—only by Lord Hari's hand.
English translation of verse 1.16.43:
Fleeing from Lord Hari's lotus hand, Her feet thumping against the ground, She disappeared in a forest by the Yamunā, but was pulled out again by Lord Hari's hand.