Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.12.10, 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 4 of Chapter 12 (The Story of the Gopis That In the Holi Festival Displayed Three Transcendental Virtues) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.12.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
आबीर-कुङ्कुम-रसैश् च विलिप्त-देहो
हस्ते गृहित-नव-सेचन-यन्त्र आरात्
प्रेक्षंस् तवाशु सखि वाटम् अतीव राधे
त्वद्-रास-रङ्ग-रस-केलि-रतः स्थितः सः
ābīra-kuṅkuma-rasaiś ca vilipta-deho
haste gṛhita-nava-secana-yantra ārāt
prekṣaṃs tavāśu sakhi vāṭam atīva rādhe
tvad-rāsa-raṅga-rasa-keli-rataḥ sthitaḥ saḥ
ābīra-kuṅkuma-rasaiḥ—with red kunkuma; ca—and; vilipta—anointed; dehaḥ—body; haste—hand; gṛhita—taken; nava—new; secana-yantra—sprinkling device; ārāt—near; prekṣaṃḥ—seeing; tava—of You; āśu—at once; sakhī—friend; vatam—courtyard garden; atīva—great; rādhe—O Rādhā; tvad-rāsa-raṅga-rasa-keli—nectar rasa-dance pastimes; rataḥ—eager; sthitaḥ—situated; saḥ—He.
English translation of verse 4.12.10:
Eager to enjoy a rāsa-dance with You, His body anointed with red kunkuma, and a sprinkler in His hand, He fixes His gaze on as You stay nearby in this courtyard-garden.