Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.8.8, 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).
Verse 3.8.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कान्दुकं पार्श्व-देशं च
औष्णिषं कटिर् उच्यते
द्रोण-तीर्थं पृष्ठ-देशे
लौकिकं चोदरे स्मृतम्
kāndukaṃ pārśva-deśaṃ ca
auṣṇiṣaṃ kaṭir ucyate
droṇa-tīrthaṃ pṛṣṭha-deśe
laukikaṃ codare smṛtam
kāndukam—Kanduka-tīrtha; pārśva-deśam—sides; ca—and; auṣṇiṣam—auṣniṣa-tīrtha; kaṭiḥ—hips; ucyate—is said; droṇa-tīrtham—Droṇa-tīrtha; pṛṣṭha-deśe—back; laukikam—Laukika-tīrtha; ca—and; udare—belly; smṛtam—considered.
English translation of verse 3.8.8:
Kānduka-tīrtha is said to be its two sides, Auṣiṣa-tīrtha its waist, Droṇa-tirtha its back, and Laukika-tīrtha its belly.