Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.16.33, 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 2.16.33
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदाविरासीत् तुलसी हरि-प्रिया
सुवर्ण-पीठोपरि शोभितासना
चतुर्भुजा पद्म-पलाश-वीक्षणा
श्यामा स्फुरद्-धेम-किरीट-कुण्डला
tadāvirāsīt tulasī hari-priyā
suvarṇa-pīṭhopari śobhitāsanā
caturbhujā padma-palāśa-vīkṣaṇā
śyāmā sphurad-dhema-kirīṭa-kuṇḍalā
tadā—then; āvirāsīt—appeared; tulasī—Tulasī; hari-priyā—who is dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa; suvarṇa-pīṭhopari—on a golden pedestal; śobhita—glorious; āsanā—on a throne; caturbhujā—with four arms; padma-palāśa-vīkṣaṇā—with lotus-petal eyes; śyāmā—beautiful; sphurat—glittering; hema—golden; kirīṭa—crown; kuṇḍalā—and earrings.
English translation of verse 2.16.33:
Then, seated on a glorious throne on a gold pedestal, her eyes lotus petals, and her gold crown and earrings glittering, beautiful four-armed Tulasī, who is dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, appeared.