Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.4, 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 23 (The Killing of Shankhacuda During the Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.23.4
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
करिल्लैः पीलुभिः श्यामैस्
तमालैः सङ्कुल-द्रुमैः
महा-पुण्यवनं कृष्णो
ययौ रासेश्वरो हरिः
karillaiḥ pīlubhiḥ śyāmais
tamālaiḥ saṅkula-drumaiḥ
mahā-puṇyavanaṃ kṛṣṇo
yayau rāseśvaro hariḥ
karillaiḥ—with karilla; pīlubhiḥ—pilu; śyāmaiḥ—dark; tamālaiḥ—tamalas; saṅkula-drumaiḥ—with many trees; mahā—very; puṇya—sacred; vanaṃforest; kṛṣṇaḥ—Kṛṣṇa; yayau—went; rāseśvaraḥ—the king of the rasa dance; hariḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa.
English translation of verse 2.23.4:
Lord Kṛṣṇa, the king of the rāsa dance, walked there in a very sacred forest filled with karilla, pīlu, and black tamāla trees.