Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.19.28, 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 5.19.28
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
नन्दोपानन्दान् वृषभानु-वृद्धान्
सर्वं नमस्कृत्य च तत्-कृताशीः
तथा वयस्यैश् च परस्परं वा
लघूंश् च हस्त-ग्रहणैः स्थितो ऽभूत्
nandopānandān vṛṣabhānu-vṛddhān
sarvaṃ namaskṛtya ca tat-kṛtāśīḥ
tathā vayasyaiś ca parasparaṃ vā
laghūṃś ca hasta-grahaṇaiḥ sthito 'bhūt
nandopānandān—the Nandas and Upanandas; vṛṣabhānu-vṛddhān—the great Vṛṣabhānus; sarvam—all; namaskṛtya—bvowing down; ca—and; tat-kṛtāśīḥ—their blessings; tathā—then; vayasyaiḥ—with His friends; ca—and; parasparam—together; vā—or; laghūn—younger; ca—and; hasta—hands; grahaṇaiḥ—holding; sthitaḥ—stood; abhūt—was.
English translation of verse 5.19.28:
Lord Kṛṣṇa bowed down before the Nandas, Upanandas, and Vṛṣabhānus and respectfully received their blessings. Then He grasped the hands of the boys His age and younger.