Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.9.18, 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 9 (Brahma’s Prayers) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.9.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सुन्दरं तु तव रूपम् एव हि
मन्मथस्य मनसो हरं परम्
आविरास्तु मम नेत्रयोः सदा
श्यामलं मकर-कुण्डलावृतम्
sundaraṃ tu tava rūpam eva hi
manmathasya manaso haraṃ param
āvirāstu mama netrayoḥ sadā
śyāmalaṃ makara-kuṇḍalāvṛtam
sundaram—handsome; tu—indeed; tava—Your; rūpam—form; eva—indeed; hi—indeed; manmathasya—of Kāmadrva; manasaḥ—the heart; haram—enchanting; param—great; āvirastu—may appear; mama—of me; netrayoḥ—on the eyes; sadā—always; śyāmalam—dark; makara-kuṇḍalāvṛtam—with shark-shaped earrings.
English translation of verse 2.9.18:
May Your dark handsome form, decorated with shark-shaped earrings and stealing Kāmadeva's heart, appear before my eyes.