Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.13, 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).
Verse 1.17.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
तदा यशोदा-रोहिण्यौ
सुत-कल्यान-हेतवे
वस्त्र-रत्न-नवान्नानां
दानं नित्यं च चक्रतुः
śrī-nārada uvāca
tadā yaśodā-rohiṇyau
suta-kalyāna-hetave
vastra-ratna-navānnānāṃ
dānaṃ nityaṃ ca cakratuḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; tadā—then; yaśodā-rohiṇyau—Yaśodā and Rohiṇī; suta—of the son; kalyāna-hetave—for the auspiciousness; vastra—garments; ratna—jewels; nava—new; annānām—and grains; dānaṃ-charity; nityam—regularly; ca—and; cakratuḥ—did.
English translation of verse 1.17.13:
Then, to bring auspiciousness to their sons, Yaśodā and Rohiṇī regularly gave garments, jewels, and new grains in charity.