Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.11, 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 2 of Chapter 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.1.11
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-सन्नन्द उवाच
प्राग् उदीच्यां बार्हिषदो
दक्षिणास्यां यदोः पुरात्
पश्चिमायां शोणपुरान्
माथुरं मण्डलं विदुः
śrī-sannanda uvāca
prāg udīcyāṃ bārhiṣado
dakṣiṇāsyāṃ yadoḥ purāt
paścimāyāṃ śoṇapurān
māthuraṃ maṇḍalaṃ viduḥ
śrī-sannandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sannanda said; prāg—east; udīcyām—north; bārhiṣadaḥ—of Barhiṣat; dakṣiṇāsyāṃsouth; yadoḥ—of the Yadus; purāt—of the city; paścimāyām—west; śoṇapurān—of Sonapuri; māthuram—Mathura; maṇḍalam—the circle; viduḥ—they know..
English translation of verse 2.1.11:
Śrī Sannanda said: The wise know that Mathurā-maṇḍala is northeast of the country of Bārhiṣat, south of the Yadus' capitol city, and west of the city of Śoṇa.