Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 2.3.12-13, 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).
Verses 2.3.12-13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कालिन्दीति समाख्याता
कलिन्द-प्रभवा यदा
कालिन्द-गिरि-सानूनां
गण्ड-शैल-तटान् दृधान्
भित्त्वा लुठन्ति भू-खण्डे
कृष्ण वेगवती सती
देशान् पुनन्ती कालिन्दी
प्राप्ता वै खाण्डवे वने
kālindīti samākhyātā
kalinda-prabhavā yadā
kālinda-giri-sānūnāṃ
gaṇḍa-śaila-taṭān dṛdhān
bhittvā luṭhanti bhū-khaṇḍe
kṛṣṇa vegavatī satī
deśān punantī kālindī
prāptā vai khāṇḍave vane
kālindī—the daughter of Kalinda; iti—thus; samākhyatā—named; kalinda—from Kalinda; prabhavā—born; yadā—when; kālinda-giri—of Mount Kalinda; sānūnām—of the peaks; gaṇḍa-śaila-taṭān—the slopes with stones; dṛdhān—firm; bhittvā—breaking; luṭhanti—moving on the ground; bhū-khaṇḍe—on the earth; kṛṣṇa—the Yamunā; vegavatī——powerful; satī—sacred; deśān—the countries; punanti—purifying; kālindī—the Yamunā; prāptā—attained; vai—indeed; khāṇḍave vane—the Khandava forest.
English translation of verses 2.3.12-13:
Because she is thus Mount Kalinda's daughter, she is named Kālindī. Flowing from Mount Kalinda's peaks, and breaking the hard rocks on his slopes, the sacred Kālindī swiftly flowed on the earth, purifying the countries she passed. Then she entered the Khāṇḍava forest.