Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.9.26, 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 2.9.26
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वंशी-विभूषितम् अलं द्विज-दान-शीलं
सिन्दूर-वर्णम् अति-कीचकराव-लीलाम्
हेमाङ्गुलीय-निकरं नख-चन्द्र-युक्तं
हस्त-द्वयं स्मर कदम्ब-सुगन्ध-पृक्तम्
vaṃśī-vibhūṣitam alaṃ dvija-dāna-śīlaṃ
sindūra-varṇam ati-kīcakarāva-līlām
hemāṅgulīya-nikaraṃ nakha-candra-yuktaṃ
hasta-dvayaṃ smara kadamba-sugandha-pṛktam
vaṃśī—with a flute; vibhūṣitam—decorated; alam—greatly; dvija-dāna-śīlam—giving charity to the brahmanas; sindūra-varṇam—the color of red sindura; ati-kīcakarāva-līlām—the playful soundof the bamboos; hemāṅgulīya-nikaram—golden rings; nakha-candra-yuktam—with the moons of the nails; hasta-dvayam—two ahnds; smara—remember; kadamba-sugandha-pṛktam—with the scent of a kadamba flower.
English translation of verse 2.9.26:
Remember Kṛṣṇa's hands, decorated with a flute, expert at giving charity to the brāhmaṇas, the color of sindūra, expert at playing the bamboo flute, with gold rings and moonlike fingernails, and fragrant with a kadamba flower.