Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.18.9, 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 18 (Vision of the Universal Form) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.18.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
निकुञ्जे कोटिशो गावस्
तासां पालन-तत्-पराः
वंशी-मायूर-पक्षाढ्या
उपनन्दाश् च ते स्मृताः
nikuñje koṭiśo gāvas
tāsāṃ pālana-tat-parāḥ
vaṃśī-māyūra-pakṣāḍhyā
upanandāś ca te smṛtāḥ
nikuñje—in the forest grove; koṭiśaḥ—millions; gāvaḥ—of cows; tāsām—of them; pālana—to protection; tat-parāḥ—devoted; vaṃśī—flutes; māyūra-pakṣa—and peacock feathers; āḍhyāḥ—wealthy; upanandāḥ—the Upanandas; ca—also; te—they; smṛtāḥ—remembered.
English translation of verse 1.18.9:
Smṛti-śāstra explains that the nine Nandas, wealthy in flutes and peacock feathers, are devoted to protecting the millions of cows in their forest grove.