Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.7.24, 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 7 (Kidnapping of the Calves and Cowherd Boys) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

हासयन्तो हसन्तश् च
चक्रुः क्रीडां परस्परम्
जठरस्य पटे वेणुं
वेत्रं शृङ्गं च कक्षके

hāsayanto hasantaś ca
cakruḥ krīḍāṃ parasparam
jaṭharasya paṭe veṇuṃ
vetraṃ śṛṅgaṃ ca kakṣake

hāsayantaḥ—making others laugh; hasantaḥ—laughing; ca—and; cakruḥ—did; krīḍām—pastimes; parasparam—together; jaṭharasya—of the abdomen; paṭein the cloth; veṇum—flute; vetram—stick; śṛṅgam—horn; ca—and; kakṣake—in the hiding place.

English translation of verse 2.7.24:

Laughing and making each other laugh, the boys enjoyed pastimes. Tucked into the cloth about His waist His flute, stick, and horn, . . .

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