Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.16, 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).
Verse 3.2.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोवर्धनो रत्न-शिला-मयो ऽभूत्
सुवर्ण-शृङ्गैः परितः स्फुरद्भिः
मत्तालिभिर् निर्झर-सुन्दरीभिर्
दारीभिर् उच्चाङ्ग-करीव राजन्
govardhano ratna-śilā-mayo 'bhūt
suvarṇa-śṛṅgaiḥ paritaḥ sphuradbhiḥ
mattālibhir nirjhara-sundarībhir
dārībhir uccāṅga-karīva rājan
govardhanaḥ—Govardhana Hill; ratna-śilā-mayaḥ—whose stones were jewels; abhūt—became; suvarṇa-śṛṅgaiḥ—with golden peaks; paritaḥ—everywhere; sphuradbhiḥ—splendid; mattālibhiḥ—with intoxicated bees; nirjhara-sundarībhiḥ—with beautiful flowing streams; dārībhiḥ—with caves; uccāṅga—lofty; karī—elephant; iva—like; rājan—O king.
English translation of verse 3.2.16:
O king, its stones jewels, its many peaks golden, and its form splendid with intoxicated bees, beautiful caves,and swiftly-flowing streams, Govardhana Hill was like a great elephant.