Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.4.17, 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 4 (The Liberation of Vatsasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

धावन्तौ पक्षिभिश् छायां
रेजतु राम-केशवौ
मयूर-पक्ष-सम्युक्तौ
पुष्प-पल्लव-भूषितौ

dhāvantau pakṣibhiś chāyāṃ
rejatu rāma-keśavau
mayūra-pakṣa-samyuktau
puṣpa-pallava-bhūṣitau

dhāvantau—running; pakṣibhiḥ—with the birds; chāyām—the shadow; rejatu—shone; rāma-keśavau—Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; mayūrapeacock; pakṣafeathers; samyuktau—with; puṣpaflowers; pallavaand leaves; bhūṣitau—decorated.

English translation of verse 2.4.17:

. . . and chasing the birds' shadows, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, decorated with flowers, leaves, and peacock feathers, were very splendid and glorious.

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