Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.6.15, 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 6 (The Story of the Ayodhya Women) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

तल्-लक्षण-समो राजन्
गो-गोप-गण-मध्यतः
श्रीवत्साङ्को घन-श्यामो
वन-माल्य् अति-सुन्दरः

tal-lakṣaṇa-samo rājan
go-gopa-gaṇa-madhyataḥ
śrīvatsāṅko ghana-śyāmo
vana-māly ati-sundaraḥ

tal-lakṣaṇa-samaḥthe same characteristsics; rājanO king; go-gopa-gaṇa-madhyataḥ—among many cows and gopas; śrīvatsāṅkaḥ—marked with Srīvatsa; ghana-śyāmaḥ—dark as a monsoon cloud; vana-māliwearing a forest garland; ati-sundaraḥ—very handsome.

English translation of verse 4.6.15:

O king, He had all the features you described. He was handsome, dark as a monsoon cloud, marked with Srīvatsa, and decorated with a forest garland. He was the midst of many cows and gopas.

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