Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 4.15.6-8, 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 4 of Chapter 15 (The Story of the Women of Barhishmati-pura, the Apsaras, and the Women of Sutala and Nagendra) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

एकदा श्री-हरिस् ताभिर्
वृन्दारण्ये मनोहरे
यमुना-निकटे दिव्ये
पुंस्-कोकिल-तरु-व्रजे
मधुप-ध्वनि-सम्युक्ते
कूजत्-कोकिल-सारसे
मधु-मासे मन्द-वायौ
वसन्त-लतिकावृते
दोलोत्सवं समारेभे
हरिर् मदन-मोहनः
कदम्ब-व्र्क्षे रहसि
कल्प-व्र्क्षे मनोहरे

ekadā śrī-haris tābhir
vṛndāraṇye manohare
yamunā-nikaṭe divye
puṃs-kokila-taru-vraje
madhupa-dhvani-samyukte
kūjat-kokila-sārase
madhu-māse manda-vāyau
vasanta-latikāvṛte
dolotsavaṃ samārebhe
harir madana-mohanaḥ
kadamba-vrkṣe rahasi
kalpa-vrkṣe manohare

ekadāonce; śrī-hariḥŚrī Kṛṣṇa; tābhiḥ—with them; vṛndāraṇye—in Vṛndāvana forest; manohare—beautiful; yamunā-nikaṭe—by the Yamunā shore; divye—splendid; puṃs-kokila-taru-vraje—among trees filled with cuckoos; madhupa-dhvani-samyukte—filled with the humming of bees; kūjat—warbling; kokilacuckoos; sārase—and cranes; madhu-māse—in the month of Madhu; manda-vāyau—with a gentle breeze; vasanta-latikāvṛte—filled with madhavi vines; dolaswing; utsavaṃfestival; samārebhe—did; hariḥ—Kṛṣṇa; madana-mohanaḥmore charming than Kāmadeva; kadamba-vrkṣe—in a kadamba tree; rahasi—in a secluded place; kalpa-vrkṣe—in a desire tree; manohare—beautiful.

English translation of verses 4.15.6-8:

Once, during the month of Caitra (March-April), Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is more charming than Kāmadeva, enjoyed a swing festival with these gopīs in a kadamba kalpa-vṛkṣa tree in a beautiful and secluded place in beautiful Vṛndāvana forest, a place filled with trees and mādhavī vines, buzzing bees, cooing cuckoos and cranes, and a gentle breeze from the nearby Yamunā.

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