Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.19.36, 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 2.19.36
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ननर्त रास-रङ्गे ऽसौ
रङ्ग-भूम्यां नटो यथा
गायन्त्यश् चापि नृत्यन्त्यः
सर्वा गोप्यो मनोहराः
nanarta rāsa-raṅge 'sau
raṅga-bhūmyāṃ naṭo yathā
gāyantyaś cāpi nṛtyantyaḥ
sarvā gopyo manoharāḥ
nanarta—danced; rāsa-raṅge—in the rasa-dance arena; asau—He; raṅga-bhūmyām—in the arena; naṭaḥ—a dancer; yathā—as; gāyantyaḥ—singing; ca—and; api—also; nṛtyantyaḥ—dancing; sarvā—all; gopyaḥ—the gopīs; manoharāḥ—beautiful.
English translation of verse 2.19.36:
Lord Kṛṣṇa danced in the rāsa-dance arena and all the beautiful gopīs also sang and danced.