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Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 2.12.13-15, 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 2 of Chapter 12 (Subduing Kaliya and Drinking the Forest Fire) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

नत� कृत्वानन-शत�
स्थितो ऽभूत� कृष्�-सम्मुख�
आरुह्य तत�-फण�-शत�
मण�-वृन्�-मनोहरम�
ननर्� नटवत� कृष्णो
नट-वेषो मनोहरः
गायन� सप्त-स्वर� रागं
सङ्गित� � �-तालकम्
पुष्पैर् देवेषु वर्षत्सु
ताण्डव� नट-रा�-वत�
वादयन् � मुदा वीणा-
नकदुन्दुभि-वेणुकान्

nata� kṛtvānana-śata�
sthito 'bhūt ṛṣṇa-sammukhe
āruhya tat-ṇi-śata�
ṇi-ṛn岹-Դdz󲹰
nanarta Բṭavat kṛṣṇo
Բṭa-veṣo Դdz󲹰�
gāyan sapta-svarai rāga�
saṅgita� ca sa-tālakam
puṣpair deveṣu varṣatsu
tāṇḍave Բṭa-rāja-vat
vādayan sa ܻ īṇ�-
Բ첹ܲԻܲ-

Բٲ�bowed down; ṛt�masking; anana-śٲ�hundred heads; ٳ󾱳ٲ�situated; ū�became; ṛṣṇa-ܰ�in Kṛṣṇa's presence; ܳⲹ�climbing; tat-ṇi-śٲ�on the hundred hoods; ṇi-ṛn岹-Դdz󲹰�beautiful with many jewels; ԲԲٲ�danced; Բṭa�like a dancer; ṛṣṇa�ṛṣṇa; Բṭa-ṣa�appearing like a dancer; Դdz󲹰�handsome; ⲹ�singing; sapta-�with the seven notes; 岵�melody; ṅgٲ�sung; and; -첹�with rhythm; ṣpḥ�with flowers; 𱹱ṣu�as the demigods; ṣaٲ�showered; ṇḍ�in the agressive dancing; Բṭa-rāja-�like the king of dancers (Lord Ś); 岹ⲹ�sounding; He; ܻhappily; īṇ�-vinas; anakadundubhidrums; and flutes.

English translation of verses 2.12.13-15:

When the snake's heads were down, handsome Kṛṣṇa climbed on its hundred jewel-decorated hoods. Singing melodies in the seven-note scale and playing the flute, drum, and īṇ�, as the demigods showered flowers, Kṛṣṇa furiously danced, as does Lord Ś, the king of dancers.

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