Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 6.6.4, 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 6 (The Yadavas’ Victory When Shri Rukmini is Kidnapped) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).

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

आश्वारूहश् च रथिनो
गजिनश् च पदातयः
समागता रक्षिणस् ते
मुमुहुर् वीक्ष्य रुक्मिणीम्

āśvārūhaś ca rathino
gajinaś ca padātayaḥ
samāgatā rakṣiṇas te
mumuhur vīkṣya rukmiṇīm

āśvārūhaḥ—riding on horses; ca—and; rathinaḥ—riding on chariots; gajinaḥ—riding on elephants; ca—and; padātayaḥ—footsoldiers; samāgatā—arrived; rakṣiṇaḥ—guards; te—they; mumuhuḥ—became bewildered; vīkṣyastaring; rukmiṇīm—at Rukmiṇī.

English translation of verse 6.6.4:

Riding on horses, chariots, and elephants, and some walking on foot, many guards came, stared at Rukmiṇī, and became bewildered with desire.

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