Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.39, 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:

तत्र देव-सरो रम्यं
बद्री-नाथेन निर्मितम्
पाठीन-कूर्म-नक्रादि-
हंस-सारस-सङ्कुलम्

tatra deva-saro ramyaṃ
badrī-nāthena nirmitam
pāṭhīna-kūrma-nakrādi-
haṃsa-sārasa-saṅkulam

tatra—there; deva-saraḥdeva-sarovara; ramyam—beautiful; badrī-nāthena—by Nārāyaṇa ṛṣi; nirmitam—built; pāṭhīnapathinas; kūrmaturtles; nakracorcodiles; ādi—beginning with; haṃsaswans; sārasacranes; saṅkulam—filled.

English translation of verse 5.20.39:

At that place was Deva-sarovara, a lake created by nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, which was filled with pāṭhīnas, turtles, crocodiles, swans, cranes, and many other creatures.

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