Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.8, 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 20 (The Liberation of Ribhu Muni During the Rasa-dance Festival) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.20.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ददाव् आसन-पद्यार्घान्
उपचारान् मनोहरान्
वदन्ती सादरं वाक्यं
कुशलं कुशलाधिका
dadāv āsana-padyārghān
upacārān manoharān
vadantī sādaraṃ vākyaṃ
kuśalaṃ kuśalādhikā
dadau—gave; āsana—a seat; padya—padya; arghān—argha; upacārān—offerings; manoharān—beautiful; vadantī—saying; sādaram—with respect; vākyam—words; kuśalam—beautiful; kuśalādhikā—beautiful.
English translation of verse 5.20.8:
Speaking sweet and reverential words, sublimely beautiful Rādhā gave Him a seat and offered Him padya, arghya, and many kinds of beautiful offerings.