Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.19.24, 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 5.19.24
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
द्व-त्रिंशद् अष्टौ किल षोडश द्वे
यूथैर् युता मैथिल गोपिकानाम्
आरुह्य राधा शिबिकां मनोज्ञां
समाययौ श्रीधर-दर्शनार्थम्
dva-triṃśad aṣṭau kila ṣoḍaśa dve
yūthair yutā maithila gopikānām
āruhya rādhā śibikāṃ manojñāṃ
samāyayau śrīdhara-darśanārtham
dva-triṃśat—thirty-two; aṣṭau—eight; kila—indeed; ṣoḍaśa—sixteen; dve—two; yūthaiḥ—groups; yutā—endowed; maithila—O king of Mithilā; gopikānām—of gopīs; āruhya—climbing; rādhā—Rādhā; śibikām—a palanquin; manojñām—beautiful; samāyayau—went; śrīdhara-darśanārtham—to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, the husband of the godess of fortune.
English translation of verse 5.19.24:
O king of Mithilā, accompanied by thirty-two, eight, and sixteen groups of gopīs, Rādhā rode on a beautiful palanquin to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune.