Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.6.15, 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 6 (The Test of Shri Krishna) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.6.15
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वरस्य चाङ्के भरणाय पूर्वं
मुक्ता-फलानां निचयं गृहाण
इतश् च कन्यार्थम् अलं प्रदेहि
सैषा हि चास्मात् कुलजा प्रसिद्धिः
varasya cāṅke bharaṇāya pūrvaṃ
muktā-phalānāṃ nicayaṃ gṛhāṇa
itaś ca kanyārtham alaṃ pradehi
saiṣā hi cāsmāt kulajā prasiddhiḥ
varasya—of the bridegroom; ca—and; aṅke—on the lap; bharaṇāya—for holding; pūrvam—before; muktā-phalānām—of pearls; nicayam—abundance; gṛhāṇa—please take; itaḥ—from this; ca—and; kanyā—girl; artham—wealth; alam—great; pradehi—please give; sa—she; eṣā—She; hi—indeed; ca—and; asmāt—from that; kulajā—respectable; prasiddhiḥ—glorious.
English translation of verse 3.6.15:
Please accept these pearls as a wedding-gift. Please give a similar gift to this girl.
She is very respectable and glorious.