Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.8.5, 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 8 (The Opulences of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

नेत्रे वै मानसी गङ्गा
नासा चन्द्र-सरोवरः
गोविन्द-कुण्डो ह्य् अधरस्
चिबुकं कृष्ण-कुण्डकः

netre vai mānasī gaṅgā
nāsā candra-sarovaraḥ
govinda-kuṇḍo hy adharas
cibukaṃ kṛṣṇa-kuṇḍakaḥ

netre—eyes; vai—indeed; mānasī gaṅgāMānasa-gaṅgā; nāsānose; candra-sarovaraḥCandra-sarovara; govinda-kuṇḍaḥGovinda-kuṇḍa; hy—indeed; adharaḥ—lips; cibukam—chin; kṛṣṇa-kuṇḍakaḥ—Śyāma-kuṇḍa.

English translation of verse 3.8.5:

Mānasa-gaṅga is Govardhana Hill's eyes, Candra-sarovara its nose, Govinda-kuṇḍa its lips, Śyāma-kuṇḍa its chin, . . .

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