Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.30, 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).

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

सन्तर्प्य वस्त्र-भूषाद्यैर्
दक्षिणां राधिका ददौ
दिव्यानां स्थूल-मुक्तानां
लक्ष-भारं विदेह-राट्

santarpya vastra-bhūṣādyair
dakṣiṇāṃ rādhikā dadau
divyānāṃ sthūla-muktānāṃ
lakṣa-bhāraṃ videha-rāṭ

santarpya—pleasing; vastrawith garments; bhūṣādyaiḥ—and ornaments; dakṣiṇām—priestly reward; rādhikāRādhā; dadau—gave; divyānām—splendid; sthūla-muktānām—of great pearls; lakṣa-bhāram—a hundred thousand; videha-rāṭ—O king of Videha.

English translation of verse 2.16.30:

O king of Videha, then Rādhā gave them dakṣiṇā of a hundred-thousand splendid large pearls and many costly garments and ornaments.

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