Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.20.5, 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 20 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.20.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मकरन्दैः कीर्ति-सुतां
समभ्यर्च्य विधानतः
ददौ श्री-यमुना साक्षाद्
राधायै नूपुराण्य् अलम्
makarandaiḥ kīrti-sutāṃ
samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ
dadau śrī-yamunā sākṣād
rādhāyai nūpurāṇy alam
makarandaiḥ—with honey; kīrti-sutām—Kīrti's daughter; samabhyarcya—Rādhā; vidhānataḥ—according to custom; dadau—gave; śrī-yamunā—Śrī Yamunā; sākṣāt—directly; rādhāyai—to Rādhā; nūpurāṇy—anklebells; alam—greatly.
English translation of verse 2.20.5:
The gopīs worshiped Kīrti's daughter Rādhā with offerings of honey. Śrī Yamunā gave nūpura anklets to Her.