Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.34, 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:

तदैव गोपी-गण-गोप-मुख्याः
सम्पूज्य कृष्णं नृप नन्द-सूनुम्
गन्धाक्षताद्यैर् दधि-दुग्ध-भोगैर्
ज्ञात्वा परं नेमुर् अतीव सर्वे

tadaiva gopī-gaṇa-gopa-mukhyāḥ
sampūjya kṛṣṇaṃ nṛpa nanda-sūnum
gandhākṣatādyair dadhi-dugdha-bhogair
jñātvā paraṃ nemur atīva sarve

tadāthen; eva—indeed; gopī-gaṇa-gopa-mukhyāḥthe gopoas and gopīs; sampūjyaworshiping; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; nṛpaO king; nanda-sūnum—the son of Nanda; gandhawith fragrances; akṣatawith unbroken grains of rice;dyaiḥ—dadhi-dugdha-bhogaiḥ—with many foods made with milk and yogurt; jñātvāunderstanding; param—to be the Supreme; nemuḥ—bowed down; atīvagreatly; sarve—all.

English translation of verse 3.2.34:

O king, the gopas and gopīs, now understanding that Nanda's son Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Him, showered Him with unbroken grains of rice, offered Him many foods made with milk and yogurt, and humbly bowed down before Him.

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