Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.19.16, 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 19 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.19.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोवर्धन-निवासिन्यः
काश्चित् कुञ्ज-विधायिकाः
तन्-निकुञ्ज-निवासिन्यो
नर्तक्यो वाद्य-तत्-पराः
govardhana-nivāsinyaḥ
kāścit kuñja-vidhāyikāḥ
tan-nikuñja-nivāsinyo
nartakyo vādya-tat-parāḥ
govardhana-nivāsinyaḥ—living on Govardhana Hill; kāścit—some; kuñja—the groves; vidhāyikāḥ—arranging; tan-nikuñja-nivāsinyaḥ—residing in the forest groves; nartakyaḥ—dancers; vādya-tat-parāḥ—instrumentalists.
English translation of verse 2.19.16:
. . . some lived on Govardhana Hill, some decorated the forest groves, some stayed in the forest groves, some were dancers, and some played musical instruments.