Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 3.10.9-10, 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 10 (The Glory of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

पद्म-पत्र-विशालाक्षः
श्यामसुन्दर-विग्रहः
वन-माली पीत-वासा
मुकुटी कुण्डलान्वितः
वंशी-धरो वेत्र-हस्तः
कामदेव इवापरः
भूत्वा कृताञ्जलिर् विप्रं
प्रणनाम मुहुर् मुहुः

padma-patra-viśālākṣaḥ
śyāmasundara-vigrahaḥ
vana-mālī pīta-vāsā
mukuṭī kuṇḍalānvitaḥ
vaṃśī-dharo vetra-hastaḥ
kāmadeva ivāparaḥ
bhūtvā kṛtāñjalir vipraṃ
praṇanāma muhur muhuḥ

padmalotus; patrapetal; viśālalarge; akṣaḥeyes; śyāmadark; sundarahandsome; vigrahaḥform; vana-mālīwearing a forest garland; pīta-vāsāyellow garments; mukuṭī—wearign a crown; kuṇḍalānvitaḥ—wearing earrings; vaṃśīa flute; dharaḥholding; vetra-hastaḥa stick in his hand; kāmadevaKāmadeva; iva—like; aparaḥ—another; bhūtvā—becoming; kṛtāñjaliḥ—with folded hands; vipram—to the brāhmaṇa; praṇanāmaoffered obeisances; muhuḥ—again; muhuḥ—and again.

English translation of verses 3.10.9-10:

Suddenly transformed into a handsome dark person with large lotus-petal eyes, dressed in yellow garments, garlanded with forest flowers, wearing a crown and earrings, holding a flute and stick, glorious as another Kāmadeva, and his features like those of Lord Kṛṣṇa, with folded hands he bowed before the brāhmaṇa again and again.

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