Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.9.10, 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 9 (The Birth of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

पुनर् वामांशतस् तस्य
कृष्णाभूत् सरितां वरा
रेजे शृङ्गार-कुसुमैर्
यथोष्णिङ्-मुद्रिता नृप

punar vāmāṃśatas tasya
kṛṣṇābhūt saritāṃ varā
reje śṛṅgāra-kusumair
yathoṣṇiṅ-mudritā nṛpa

punaḥ—again; vāmaleft; aṃśataḥ—from the shoulder; tasya—of Him; kṛṣṇāthe Yamunā; abhūt—was; saritām—of rivers; varāthe best; reje—shone; śṛṅgāra-kusumaiḥ—with flower decorations; yathā—as; uṣṇiṅ-mudritā—wearing a turban; nṛpaO king.

English translation of verse 3.9.10:

O king, the Yamunā, the best of rivers, who wore a turban and many flower ornaments, was manifested from Lord Kṛṣṇa's left shoulder.

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