Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.19.18, 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:

दामोदरं परिक्रम्य
पादौ स्पृष्टौ स्व-मौलिना
कृतञ्जली हरिं नत्वा
तौ तु तत्-सम्मुखे स्थितौ

dāmodaraṃ parikramya
pādau spṛṣṭau sva-maulinā
kṛtañjalī hariṃ natvā
tau tu tat-sammukhe sthitau

dāmarope; udaram—belly; parikramya—circumambulating; pādau—feet; spṛṣṭau—touching; sva-maulinā—with their helmets; kṛtañjalīwith folded hands; harim—to Lord Hari; natvā—offering obeisances; tau—they; tu—indeed; tat-sammukhe—in His presence; sthitau—stood.

English translation of verse 1.19.18:

Circumambulating Lord Dāmodara, touching His feet with their helmets, and offering obeisances to Him, the two demigods stood before Him with folded hands.

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