Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.20.8, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

अङ्गुलीयक-रत्नानि
ददौ चन्द्रानना तदा
एकादशी राधिकायै
रत्नाढ्यं कङ्कन-द्वायाम्

aṅgulīyaka-ratnāni
dadau candrānanā tadā
ekādaśī rādhikāyai
ratnāḍhyaṃ kaṅkana-dvāyām

aṅgulīyakarings; ratnānijewel; dadau—gave; candrānanā—Candrānanā; tadāthen; ekādaśīEkādaśī; rādhikāyai—to Rādhā; ratnāḍhyam—opulent with jewels; kaṅkana-dvāyām—two bracelets.

English translation of verse 2.20.8:

Candrānanā gave many jewel rings and Ekādaśī gave to Rādhā two bracelets rich with many jewels.

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