Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.3.11, 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 3 (Description of the Yamuna’s Arrival) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

गङ्गा तु प्रययौ शैलं
हिमवन्तं महा-नदी
कृष्णा तु प्रययौ शैलं
कालिन्दं प्राप्य स तदा

gaṅgā tu prayayau śailaṃ
himavantaṃ mahā-nadī
kṛṣṇā tu prayayau śailaṃ
kālindaṃ prāpya sa tadā

gaṅgāthe Gaṅgā; tu—indeed; prayayau—went; śailam—to the mountains; himavantam—Himalaya; mahā-nadīthe great river; kṛṣṇaYamunā; tu—indeed; prayayau—went; śailam—to mount; kalindam—kalinda; prāpyaattaining; sa—she; tadāthen.

English translation of verse 2.3.11:

Then the Gaṅgā went to Mount Himavat and the great river Yamunā went to Mount Kalinda.

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