Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.12, 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 3 of Chapter 2 (The Great Festival of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

गोपश् च वृद्धः शिशवो युवानः
पीतम्बरोष्णीशक-बर्ह-मण्डिताः
श्री-हार-गुञ्जा-वन-मालिकाभी
रेजुः समेता नव-यष्टि-वेणुभिः

gopaś ca vṛddhaḥ śiśavo yuvānaḥ
pītambaroṣṇīśaka-barha-maṇḍitāḥ
śrī-hāra-guñjā-vana-mālikābhī
rejuḥ sametā nava-yaṣṭi-veṇubhiḥ

gopaḥgopas; ca—and; vṛddhaḥadults; śiśavaḥ—boys; yuvānaḥyouths; pītayellow; ambaragarments; uṣṇīśaka—turbans; barha—with peacock feathers; maṇḍitāḥdecorated; śrī-hārabeautiful necklaces; guñjāgunja; vanaforest; mālikābhiḥ—with garlands; rejuḥ—shone; sametā—assembled; navanew; yaṣṭisticks; veṇubhiḥ—and flutes.

English translation of verse 3.2.12:

Then the gopa men, adolescents, and boys, dressed in yellow garments, wearing turbans crowned with peacock feathers, decorated with beautiful necklaces, guñjā, and forest garlands, and holding new flutes and sticks, came.

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