Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.10.10, 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 10 (Description of Shri Krishna’s Herding the Cows) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

शाद्वलं कोमलं कान्तं
वीक्षन्त्यो ऽपि वने वने
कोटिशः कोटिशो गावस्
चरन्त्यः कृष्ण-पार्श्वयोः

śādvalaṃ komalaṃ kāntaṃ
vīkṣantyo 'pi vane vane
koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo gāvas
carantyaḥ kṛṣṇa-pārśvayoḥ

śādvalam—grass; komalam—soft; kāntam—desirable; vīkṣantyaḥ—seeing; api—also; vane—in forest; vane—after forest; koṭiśaḥ—millions; koṭiśaḥ—on millions; gāvaḥ—of cows; carantyaḥ—herded; kṛṣṇa-pārśvayoḥ—by Kṛṣṇa's side.

English translation of verse 2.10.10:

Searching for tender and delicious grasses, millions and millions of cows walked at Kṛṣṇa's side through forest after forest.

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