Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.20.12, 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:

बालार्क-द्युति-सम्युक्तं
भाल-पुष्पं मनोहरम्
श्री-राधायै ददौ राजंस्
चन्द्रकान्ता सखी शुभा

bālārka-dyuti-samyuktaṃ
bhāla-puṣpaṃ manoharam
śrī-rādhāyai dadau rājaṃs
candrakāntā sakhī śubhā

bālārkathe rising sun; dyutisplendor; samyuktam—with; bhālafor the forehead; puṣpam—flower; manoharam—beautiful; śrī-rādhāyai—to Śrī Rādhā; dadau—gave; rājanO king; candrakāntāCandrakāntā; sakhīfriend; śubhābeautiful.

English translation of verse 2.20.12:

O king, Her beautiful friend Candrakāntā gave Rādhā a charming bhālapuṣpa splendid as the rising sun.

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