Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.19.3, 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 19 (Breaking of the Two Arjuna Trees) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

मञ्जीर-रावं सङ्कुर्वन्
बालः श्री-नन्द-नन्दनः
ननर्त नवनीतार्थं
गव्यादान-कुतूहलात्

mañjīra-rāvaṃ saṅkurvan
bālaḥ śrī-nanda-nandanaḥ
nanarta navanītārthaṃ
gavyādāna-kutūhalāt

mañjīraof her anklets; rāvam—sound; saṅkurvan—making; bālaḥboy; śrī-nanda-nandanaḥNanda's son; nanarta—danced; navanītabutter; arthamfor; gavyamilk products; ādānataking; kutūhalāt—because of eagerness.

English translation of verse 1.19.3:

His anklets jingling, Nanda's son eagerly danced to get some butter.

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