Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.27, 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 8 (Description of Seeing Lord Krishna) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

द्वि-भुजान् पीत-वस्त्रैश् च
काञ्ची-कटक-नूपुरैः
प्रभातर-विकोटीनां
शोभाभिः शोभितान् शुभान्

dvi-bhujān pīta-vastraiś ca
kāñcī-kaṭaka-nūpuraiḥ
prabhātara-vikoṭīnāṃ
śobhābhiḥ śobhitān śubhān

dvi-bhujān—two arms; pīta-vastraiḥ—with yellow garments; ca—and; kāñcīwith belts; kaṭakawith bracelets; nūpuraiḥ—with anklets; prabhātara-vikoṭīnām—splendid as millions of rising suns; śobhabhiḥ—with splendor; śobhitān—glorious; subhān—glorious.

English translation of verse 2.8.27:

. . . having two arms, glorious with yellow garments, belts, bracelets, and anklets, and more glorious than millions of rising suns.

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