Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 6.18.16, 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 6.18.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ताल-वेणु-मृदङ्गानां
कल-कण्ठैः सखी-जनैः
वल्गु-नूपुर-काञ्चीनां
मिश्र-शब्दो महान् अभूत्
tāla-veṇu-mṛdaṅgānāṃ
kala-kaṇṭhaiḥ sakhī-janaiḥ
valgu-nūpura-kāñcīnāṃ
miśra-śabdo mahān abhūt
tāla—karatalas; veṇu—flute; mṛdaṅgānām—and mrdangas; kala-kaṇṭhaiḥ—with sweet voices; sakhī-janaiḥ—by the friends; valgu—graceful; nūpura—anklets; kāñcīnām—and belts; miśra—mixing; śabdaḥ—the sound; mahān—great; abhūt—was.
English translation of verse 6.18.16:
The karatālas, flute, and mṛaṅgas joined with the sweet voices of the girls and the tinkling sounds of their belts and anklets, to create a tumultuous sound.