Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.1.2, 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 4 of Chapter 1 (The Story of the Personified Vedas) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

परिकरी-कृत-पीत-पटं हरिं
शिखि-किरीट-नति-कृत-कन्धरम्
लकुट-वेणु-करं चल-कुण्डलं
पटुतरं नट-वेष-धरं भजे

parikarī-kṛta-pīta-paṭaṃ hariṃ
śikhi-kirīṭa-nati-kṛta-kandharam
lakuṭa-veṇu-karaṃ cala-kuṇḍalaṃ
paṭutaraṃ naṭa-veṣa-dharaṃ bhaje

parikarī-kṛtaa sash; pītayellow; paṭam—cloth; harim—Kṛṣṇa; śikhipeacock feather; kirīṭacrown; nati-kṛta—sloping; kandharam—neck; lakuṭaa stick; veṇuand flute; karam—in hand; cala-kuṇḍalam—swinging earrings; paṭutaram—most expert; naṭaof a dancer; vesā—appearance; dharam—wearing; bhaje—I worship.

English translation of verse 4.1.2:

Dressed as a dancer, with a yellow sash, a peacock-feather crown, swinging earrings, a graceful neck, and a stick and flute in His hand, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the object of my worship.

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