Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 2.10.14-17, 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:

यत्र गोवर्धनो नाम
सु-निर्झर-दरी-युतः
रत्न-धातु-मयः श्रीमान्
मन्दार-वन-सङ्कुलः
श्रीखण्ड-बदरी-रम्भा-
देवदारु-वटैर् वृतः
पलाश-प्लक्षाशोकैश् चा-
रिष्टार्जुन-कदम्बकैः
पारिजातैः पाटलैश् च
चम्पकैः परिशोभितः
करञ्ज-जाल-कुञ्जाढ्यः
श्यामैर् इन्द्रयवैर् वृतः
कलकण्ठैः कोकिलैश् च
पुंस्-कोकिल-मयूर-भृत्
गाश् चारयंस् तत्र कृष्णो
विचचार वने वने

yatra govardhano nāma
su-nirjhara-darī-yutaḥ
ratna-dhātu-mayaḥ śrīmān
mandāra-vana-saṅkulaḥ
śrīkhaṇḍa-badarī-rambhā-
devadāru-vaṭair vṛtaḥ
palāśa-plakṣāśokaiś cā-
riṣṭārjuna-kadambakaiḥ
pārijātaiḥ pāṭalaiś ca
campakaiḥ pariśobhitaḥ
karañja-jāla-kuñjāḍhyaḥ
śyāmair indrayavair vṛtaḥ
kalakaṇṭhaiḥ kokilaiś ca
puṃs-kokila-mayūra-bhṛt
gāś cārayaṃs tatra kṛṣṇo
vicacāra vane vane

yatrawhere; govardhanaḥGovardhana; nāmanamed; su-nirjhara-darī-yutaḥwith caves and streams; ratna-dhātu-mayaḥmade of jewels; śrīmānbeautiful; mandāra-vana-saṅkulaḥ—filled with forests of mandara trees; śrīkhaṇḍa-badarī-rambhā-devadāru-vaṭaiḥ—with śrīkhaṇḍa, badarī, rambhā, devadāru, and vaṭatrees; vṛtaḥfilled; palāśa-plakṣāśokaiḥ—with palāśa, plakṣa, and aśoka trees; ca—and; ariṣṭārjuna-kadambakaiḥ—with ariṣṭa, arjuna, and kadambaka trees; pārijātaiḥ—with parijata trees; pāṭalaiś—with patala trees; ca—and; campakaiḥ—with campaka trees; pariśobhitaḥ—beautiful; karañja-jāla-kuñjāḍhyaḥ—opulent with many karanja trees; śyāmaiḥ—black; indrayavaiḥ—withj indrayava trees; vṛtaḥ—filled; kalakaṇṭhaiḥ—with kalkanthas; kokilaiś—kokilas; ca—and; puṃs-kokilamale kokilas; mayūrapeacocks; bhṛt—manifested; gāś—cows; cārayaṃḥ—herding; tatra—there; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; vicacāra—went; vane—in forest; vane—after forest.

English translation of verses 2.10.14-17:

In Vṛndāvana forest, on the beautiful hill named Govardhana, which was made of precious gems, had many glorious caves and swiftly-moving streams, and was filled with many beautiful mandāra, śrīkhaṇḍa, badarī, rambhā, devadāru, vaṭa, palāśa, plakṣa, aśoka, ariṣṭa, arjuna, kadambaka, pārijāta, pāṭala, campaka, karañja, and śyāma-indrayava trees, and many kalakaṇṭhas, kokilas, puṃs-kokilas, and peacocks, Kṛṣṇa wandered from forest to forest as He herded the cows.

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