Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.47, 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).

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

गच्छन्तं वारि-वृन्देशु
भगवन्तं रमेश्वरम्
दंष्ट्राग्रे शोभिता पृथ्वी
प्राह देवं जनार्दनम्

gacchantaṃ vāri-vṛndeśu
bhagavantaṃ rameśvaram
daṃṣṭrāgre śobhitā pṛthvī
prāha devaṃ janārdanam

gacchantam—going; vāri-vṛndeśu—in the waters; bhagavantam—the Lord; rameśvaram—the master of the goddess of fortune; daṃṣṭraof His tusk; agre—on the tip; śobhitā—splendid; pṛthvīthe earth; prāha—said; devam—to the Lord; janārdanam—who saves the living entities from distress.

English translation of verse 2.1.47:

Glorious on the tip of His tusk, the earth spoke to the Supreme Person, the goddess of fortune's husband and the deliverer from sufferings, as He traveled through the waters.

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