Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.23.2, 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 23 (The Story of Sudarcana) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.23.2
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
भद्रकालिम् पचुपतिम् पुजयित्वा विधानतः
bhadrakālim pacupatim pujayitvā vidhānataḥ
ददुर् दानम् द्विजातिभ्यः
dadur dānam dvijātibhyaḥ
suptās tatra sarit-tate bhadrakālim—goddess Durgā; pacupatim—and Lord Siva; pujayitvā—worshiping; vidhānataḥ—according to the rules; daduḥ—gave; dānam—gift; dvijātibhyaḥ—to the brāhmanas; suptāḥ—slept; tatra—there; sarit-tate—by the riverbank.
English translation of verse 4.23.2:
After worshiping Lord Siva and goddess Durgā, and after giving charity to the brāhmanas, they slept on by the riverbank there.