Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.21.19, 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 21 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.21.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-कृष्ण-कुन्तले नीले
वक्रत्वं राधिकाकरोत्
चित्र-पत्रावलीः कृष्ण-
पूर्णेन्दु-मुख-मण्डले
śrī-kṛṣṇa-kuntale nīle
vakratvaṃ rādhikākarot
citra-patrāvalīḥ kṛṣṇa-
pūrṇendu-mukha-maṇḍale
śrī-kṛṣṇa—of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kuntale—on the hair; nīle—black; vakratvam—curliness; rādhikā—Rādhā; akarot—did; citra-patrāvalīḥ—many wonderful pictures and designs; kṛṣṇa—of Kṛṣṇa; pūrṇa—full; indu—moon; mukha—face; maṇḍale—on the circle.
English translation of verse 2.21.19:
There Rādhā made curls on Kṛṣṇa's black hair and wonderful pictures and designs on the circle of His full-moon face.