Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.29, 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 16 (The Worship of Tulasi) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.16.29
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गर्ग-दिष्टेन विधिना
वृषभानु-सुता नृप
षट्-पञ्चाशत्तमैर् भोगैर्
ब्राह्मणानां द्वि-लक्षकम्
garga-diṣṭena vidhinā
vṛṣabhānu-sutā nṛpa
ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamair bhogair
brāhmaṇānāṃ dvi-lakṣakam
garga-diṣṭena vidhinā—with the rules given by Garga Muni; vṛṣabhānu-sutā—Rādhā, the daughter of KIng Vṛṣabhānu; nṛpa—O king; ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaiḥ—with fifty-six; bhogaiḥ—kinds of food; brāhmaṇānām—of brāhmaṇas; dvi-lakṣakam—two hundred thousand.
English translation of verse 2.16.29:
O king, following Garga Muni's instructions, King Vṛṣabhānu's daughter Rādhā then pleased two hundred thousand brāhmaṇas with a great feast of fifty-six courses.