Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.5.25, 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 5 of Chapter 5 (Shri Krishna’s Entrance Into Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.5.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
प्रासादैर् गगन-स्पर्शैर्
हेम-रत्न-खचिद्-गृहैः
शोभितां दुर्ग-सम्युक्तां
देवधानीम् इव स्थिताम्
prāsādair gagana-sparśair
hema-ratna-khacid-gṛhaiḥ
śobhitāṃ durga-samyuktāṃ
devadhānīm iva sthitām
prāsādaiḥ—with palaces; gagana—the sky; sparśaiḥ—touching; hema-ratna-khacid-gṛhaiḥ—with mansions of gold and jewels; śobhitām—splendid; durga-samyuktām—with walls; devadhānīm—the capitol of the demigods; iva—like; sthitām-situated.
English translation of verse 5.5.25:
. . . which was surrounded by high walls, and filled with mansions of gold and jewels and great palaces that touched the sky, which was like a great city in the celestial planets, . . .