Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.19, 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:

नन्दोपनन्दैर् वृषभानुभिश् च
गोपी-गणैर् गोप-गणैः प्रहर्षितः
गायद्भिर् आनर्तन-वाद्य-तत्-परैस्
चकार कृष्णो ऽद्रि-वर-प्रदक्षिणाम्

nandopanandair vṛṣabhānubhiś ca
gopī-gaṇair gopa-gaṇaiḥ praharṣitaḥ
gāyadbhir ānartana-vādya-tat-parais
cakāra kṛṣṇo 'dri-vara-pradakṣiṇām

nandaby the Nandas; upanandaiḥ—Upanandas; vṛṣabhānubhiś—Vṛṣabhānu; ca—and; gopī-gaṇaiḥ—gopīs; gopa-gaṇaiḥ—gopas; praharṣitaḥdelighted; gāyadbhiḥ—singing; ānartana—dancing; vādyaand instrumental; music; tat-paraiḥ—earnest; cakāradid; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; adri-varathe best of mountains; pradakṣiṇām—circumambulation.

English translation of verse 3.2.19:

Pleased by the earnestly singing Nandas, Upanandas, Vṛṣabhānus, gopas, and gopīs, Lord Kṛṣṇa circumambulated Govardhana Hill, the king of mountains.

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