Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.5.17, 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 6 of Chapter 5 (The Kidnapping of Shri Rukmini) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

भेरी-मृदङ्गैर् बहु-दुन्दुभि-स्वनैः
सु-गायकैर् वन्दि-जनैश् च मागधैः
वाराङ्गना-नृत्य-मनोज्ञ-भावैर्
जयेत्य् अभून् मङ्गल-शब्द उच्चकैः

bherī-mṛdaṅgair bahu-dundubhi-svanaiḥ
su-gāyakair vandi-janaiś ca māgadhaiḥ
vārāṅganā-nṛtya-manojña-bhāvair
jayety abhūn maṅgala-śabda uccakaiḥ

bherī-mṛdaṅgaiḥ—with bheris and mrdangas; bahu-dundubhi-svanaiḥ—with the sounds of many dundubhis; su-gāyakaiḥ—with expert singers; vandi-janaiḥwith rciting poets; ca—and; māgadhaiḥ—with magadhas; vārāṅganāof dancing girls; nṛtyadancing; manojña-bhāvairwith beauty; jayaVictory!; iti—thus; abhūtwas; maṅgala-śabdaauspicious sounds; uccakaiḥ—loud.

English translation of verse 6.5.17:

As the bherī, mṛdaṅga, and dundubhi drums sounded, the singers sang, the vandīs and māgadhas recited poetry, and the dancing girls gracefully danced, there were auspicious loud calls of "Victory!"

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