Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.11, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

न चन्दनं च ताम्बूलं
भोजनं च सुधा-समम्
न कृतं दिव्य-शयनं
हस्यं वा न कृतं क्वचित्

na candanaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ
bhojanaṃ ca sudhā-samam
na kṛtaṃ divya-śayanaṃ
hasyaṃ vā na kṛtaṃ kvacit

na—not; candanam—sandal paste; ca—and; tāmbūlam—betelnuts; bhojanam—nice food; ca—and; sudhā-samamlike nectar; na—not; kṛtam—done; divya- śayanam—a nice bed; hasyam—joking; vā—or; na—not; kṛtam—done; kvacit—ever.

English translation of verse 5.20.11:

In Lord Kṛṣṇa's absence She never anointed Herself with sandal paste, chewed betelnuts, ate food sweet as nectar, slept on a comfortable bed, or joked and laughed.

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