Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.7, 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 17 (Description of the Yogurt Theft) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

तं सर्वतो हैमन-चित्र-युक्तं
पीताम्बरं कञ्चुकम् आदधानम्
स्फुरत्-प्रभं रत्नमयं च मौलिं
दृष्ट्वा सुतं प्राप मुदं यशोदा

taṃ sarvato haimana-citra-yuktaṃ
pītāmbaraṃ kañcukam ādadhānam
sphurat-prabhaṃ ratnamayaṃ ca mauliṃ
dṛṣṭvā sutaṃ prāpa mudaṃ yaśodā

tam—Him; sarvataḥ—completely; haimanagolden; citradesigns; yuktam—endowed; pītāmbaraṃ kañcukam—yellow garments; ādadhānam—wearing; sphurat-prabham—splendid; ratnamayam—jeweled; ca—and; maulim—crown; dṛṣṭvāseeing; sutam—her son; prāpaattained; mudam—happiness; yaśodāYaśodā.

English translation of verse 1.17.7:

Gazing at her son dressed in yellow garments decorated with gold and splendid with a crown of jewels, Yaśodā became happy.

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