Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.4.18, 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 4 (The Coronation-Bathing of Shri Krishna) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

प्रदक्षिणी-कृत्य हरिं प्रणम्य वै
दत्त्वा बलींस् तत्र पुरन्दरादयः
जय-ध्वनिं कृत्य सु-पुष्प-वर्षिणो
ययुः सुराः सौख्य-युतास् त्रिविष्टपम्

pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya hariṃ praṇamya vai
dattvā balīṃs tatra purandarādayaḥ
jaya-dhvaniṃ kṛtya su-puṣpa-varṣiṇo
yayuḥ surāḥ saukhya-yutās triviṣṭapam

pradakṣiṇī-kṛtyacircumambulating; harim—Lord Kṛṣṇa; praṇamya—bowing down; vai—certainly; dattvāgivving; baliṃḥ—offerings; tatra—there; purandaraby Indra; ādayaḥ—headed; jayavictory; dhvanim—sound; kṛtya—doing; su-puṣpa-varṣiṇaḥ—showering flowers; yayuḥ—went; surāḥ—the demigods; saukhya-yutāḥ—happy; triviṣṭapam—to the celestial worlds.

English translation of verse 3.4.18:

Circumambulating Lord Kṛṣṇa, bowing down, making many offerings, calling out, "All glories!" and showering Him with flowers, the happy demigods returned to their celestial abode.

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