Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.24.12, 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 24 (The Story of Asuri Muni in the Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.24.12
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
काश्चिल् लतासु धावन्त्यः
क्वणन्-नूपुर-मेखलाः
काश्चित् पिबन्ति सततं
बलात् कृष्णाधरामृतम्
kāścil latāsu dhāvantyaḥ
kvaṇan-nūpura-mekhalāḥ
kāścit pibanti satataṃ
balāt kṛṣṇādharāmṛtam
kāścit—some; latāsu—among the vines; dhāvantyaḥ—running; kvaṇan-nūpura-mekhalāḥ—with tinkling belts and anklets; kāścit—some; pibanti—drink; satatam—always; balāt—by force; kṛṣṇādharāmṛtam—the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lips.
English translation of verse 2.24.12:
Some, their belts and anklets tinkling, run with Him among the flowering vines. Again and again some passionately drink the nectar of His lips.