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).
Verse 5.20.39
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-saraḥ—deva-sarovara; ramyam—beautiful; badrī-nāthena—by Nārāyaṇa ṛṣi; nirmitam—built; pāṭhīna—pathinas; kūrma—turtles; nakra—corcodiles; ādi—beginning with; haṃsa—swans; sārasa—cranes; 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.