Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.21.21, 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 2.21.21
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोप्यः कृष्णं विचिन्वन्त्यो
ददृशुस् तत्-पदानि च
यव-चक्र-ध्वज-च्छत्रैः
स्वस्तिकाङ्कुश-बिन्दुभिः
gopyaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ vicinvantyo
dadṛśus tat-padāni ca
yava-cakra-dhvaja-cchatraiḥ
svastikāṅkuśa-bindubhiḥ
gopyaḥ—the gopīs; kṛṣṇam—for Kṛṣṇa; vicinvantyaḥ—searching; dadṛśuḥ—saw; tat-padāni—His footprints; ca—and; yava—with the barleycorn; cakra—cakra; dhvaja—flag; chatraiḥ—and parasol; svastika—svastika; aṅkuśa—elephant-goad; bindubhih——and bindus;
English translation of verse 2.21.21:
As they searched for Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs found His footprints marked with a barleycorn, cakra, flag, parasol, svastika, elephant-goad, bindu, . . .