Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.18.8, 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 18 (In the Course of Describing the Glories of Siddhashrama, a Description of the Rasa-dance Festival) of Canto 6 (dvaraka-khanda).
Verse 6.18.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
इति श्रुत्वा वचस् तस्य
रुक्मिण्य्-आद्या नृपात्मजाः
राधाम् एत्य परं प्रेम्णा
प्राहुः प्रहसिताननाः
iti śrutvā vacas tasya
rukmiṇy-ādyā nṛpātmajāḥ
rādhām etya paraṃ premṇā
prāhuḥ prahasitānanāḥ
iti—thus; śrutvā—hearing; vacaḥ—the words; tasya—of Him; rukmiṇy-ādyā—headed by Rukmiṇī; nṛpātmajāḥ—the queens; rādhām—Rādhā; etya—approaching; param—then; premṇā—with love; prāhuḥ—spoke; prahasitānanāḥ—smiling.
English translation of verse 6.18.8:
After hearing these words, Śrī Rukmiṇī and the queens approached Śrī Rādhā and, smiling with love, spoke.