Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.9.20, 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).

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

युक्तं वसन्त-कलकण्ठ-विहङ्गमैश् च
सौगन्धिकं त्वरण-पल्लव-शाखि-सङ्गम्
वृन्दावनं सुधित-धीर-समीर-लीलां
गच्छन् हरिर् जयति पातु सदैव भक्तान्

yuktaṃ vasanta-kalakaṇṭha-vihaṅgamaiś ca
saugandhikaṃ tvaraṇa-pallava-śākhi-saṅgam
vṛndāvanaṃ sudhita-dhīra-samīra-līlāṃ
gacchan harir jayati pātu sadaiva bhaktān

yuktam—endowed; vasantaspring; kalakaṇṭhacuckoo; vihaṅgamaiḥ—birds; ca—and; saugandhikamfragrant; tvaraṇa—quick; pallavabuds; śākhitrees; saṅgamcompany; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; sudhita-dhīra-samīra-līlām—with playful nectar breezes; gacchan—going; hariḥLord Hari; jayati—all glories; pātumay protect; sadāalways; eva—certainly; bhaktān—the devotees.

English translation of verse 2.9.20:

Glory to Lord Hari, who walks in fragrant Vṛndāvana forest, which is filled with sweet-throated spring cuckoos, newly-budding trees, and gentle, playful, nectar breezes. May He always protect the devotees.

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