Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 2.10.11-13, 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:

पुण्यं श्री-यमुना-तीरं
तमालैः श्यामलैर् वनम्
नीपैः निम्बैः कदम्बैश् च
प्रवालैः पनसैर् द्रुमैः
कदली-कोविदाराम्रैर्
जम्बु-बिल्वैर् मनोहरैः
अश्वत्थैश् च कपित्थैश् च
माधवीभिश् च मण्डितम्
बभौ वृन्दावनं दिव्यं
वसन्तर्तु-मनोहरं
नन्दनं सर्वतो-भद्रं
क्षिपच् चैत्ररथं वनम्

puṇyaṃ śrī-yamunā-tīraṃ
tamālaiḥ śyāmalair vanam
nīpaiḥ nimbaiḥ kadambaiś ca
pravālaiḥ panasair drumaiḥ
kadalī-kovidārāmrair
jambu-bilvair manoharaiḥ
aśvatthaiś ca kapitthaiś ca
mādhavībhiś ca maṇḍitam
babhau vṛndāvanaṃ divyaṃ
vasantartu-manoharaṃ
nandanaṃ sarvato-bhadraṃ
kṣipac caitrarathaṃ vanam

puṇyam—sacred; śrī-yamunā-tīram—the shore of the Yamunā; tamālaiḥ—with tamala trees; śyāmalaiḥdark; vanam—forest; nīpaiḥ—with nipa trees; nimbaiḥ—with nim trees; kadambaiḥ—with kadamba trees; ca—and; pravālaiḥ—with pravala trees; panasaiḥ—with panasa trees; drumaiḥ—withb trees; kadalīwith kadali trees; kovidārawith kovidara trees; amraiḥ—wityh mango trees; jambuwith jambu trees; bilvaiḥ—with bilva trees; manoharaiḥ—beautiful; aśvatthaiś—with asvattha trees; ca—and; kapitthaiḥ—with kappitha trees; ca—and; mādhavībhiś—with madhavi vines; ca—and; maṇḍitam—decorated; babhau—was splendidly manifested; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; divyam—transcendental; vasantartu-manoharam—beautiful in the springtime; nandanam—nandana; sarvatobhadram—Sarvatobhadraṃ; kṣipac—eclisping; caitraratham—Caitraratha; vanam—forest.

English translation of verses 2.10.11-13:

Its Yamunā shore very pure and sacred, and its groves decorated with many dark tamāla trees and many beautiful nīpa, nimba, kadamba, pravāla, panasa, kadalī, kovidāra, mango, jambu, bilva, aśvattha, and kapittha trees, as well as many mādhavī vines, beautiful in the springtime, and its glory eclipsing the nandana, sarvatobhadra, and caitraratha forests of heaven, transcendental Vṛndāvana forest was splendidly manifest.

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