Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.20.58, 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:

प्रदक्षिणी-कृत्य हरिं च राधिकां
प्रणम्य चारुह्य रथं मनोहरम्
गोलोक-लोकं प्रययाव् ऋभुर् मुनिर्

pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya hariṃ ca rādhikāṃ
praṇamya cāruhya rathaṃ manoharam
goloka-lokaṃ prayayāv ṛbhur munir

विरञ्जयन् मैथिल मण्डलं दिशाम्

virañjayan maithila maṇḍalaṃ diśām

pradakṣiṇī-kṛtyacircumambulating; harim—Lord Kṛṣṇa; ca—and; rādhikām—Rādhā; praṇamya—bowing; ca—and; āruhya—mounting; ratham—a chariot; manoharam—beautiful; goloka-lokam—to Goloka; prayayāv—went; ṛbhuḥṚbhu; muniḥMuni; virañjayan—filling with light; maithilaO king of Mithilā; maṇḍalam—the circle; diśam—of the directions.

English translation of verse 5.20.58:

After circumambulating Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, Ṛbhu Muni entered a beautiful chariot and went to the realm of Goloka, filling the circle of the directions with light as he went.

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