Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.19.19, 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 19 (The Festival on Shri Krishna Return) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.19.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
भेरी-मृदङ्गैः पटहैः कल-स्वनैर्
आपूर्ण-कुम्भैर् द्विज-वेद-घोषणैः गन्धाक्षतैर् मङ्गल-लाज-मिश्रितैः
श्री-नन्द-राजो ऽभिययौ यशोदया
bherī-mṛdaṅgaiḥ paṭahaiḥ kala-svanair
āpūrṇa-kumbhair dvija-veda-ghoṣaṇaiḥ gandhākṣatair maṅgala-lāja-miśritaiḥ
śrī-nanda-rājo 'bhiyayau yaśodayā
bherī-mṛdaṅgaiḥ—with bheris and mrdangas; paṭahaiḥ—with patahas; kala-svanaiḥ—with the sweet sounds; āpūrṇa-kumbhaiḥ—with full pots; dvija—brāhmaṇas; veda—of the Vedas; ghoṣaṇaiḥ—with sounds; gandha—fragrances; akṣataiḥ—unhusked grains of rice; maṅgala—auspicious; lāja—with fried grains; miśritaiḥ—mixed; śrī-nanda-rājaḥ—King Nanda; abhiyayau—went; yaśodayā—with Yaśodā.
English translation of verse 5.19.19:
Accompanied by the sweet sounds of bherīs, mṛdaṅgas, paṭahas, and brāhmaṇas chanting Vedic mantras, and bringing full waterpots and auspicious fried rice mixed with raw and unhusked rice, King Nanda and Yaśodā-devī came to meet Kṛṣṇa.