Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.19.34, 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 2.19.34
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
हेम-खन्येव नीलाद्री
रेजे राधिकया हरिः
राधया विश्व-मोहिन्या
बभौ मदन-मोहनः
hema-khanyeva nīlādrī
reje rādhikayā hariḥ
rādhayā viśva-mohinyā
babhau madana-mohanaḥ
hema-khanyā—a gold mine; iva—like; nīla—a dark; adrī—mountain; reje—shone; rādhikayā—with Rādhā; hariḥ—Kṛṣṇa; rādhayā—with Rādhā; viśva—the universe; mohinyā—charming; babhau—shone; madana—than Kāmadeva; mohanaḥ—more charming.
English translation of verse 2.19.34:
Like a dark mountain and a gold mine, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is more enchanting then Kāmadeva, shone with Rādhā, the most enchanting girl in the world.