Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.44, 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 1 of Chapter 12 (Description of Shri Nanda’s Festival) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.12.44
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अजारूढो वीतिहोत्रो
वरुणो मकर-स्थितः
मयूर-स्थः कार्त्तिकेयो
भारती हंस-वहिनी
ajārūḍho vītihotro
varuṇo makara-sthitaḥ
mayūra-sthaḥ kārttikeyo
bhāratī haṃsa-vahinī
aja-ārūḍhaḥ—riding on a ram; vītihotraḥ—Agni; varuṇaḥ—Varuṇa; makara-sthitaḥ—riding on a shark; mayūra-sthaḥ—riding on a peacock; kārttikeyaḥ—Kārttikeya; bhāratī—Sarasvatī; haṃsa-vahinī—riding on a swan.
English translation of verse 1.12.44:
Agni came riding on a ram. Varuṇa came riding on a shark. Kārttikeya came riding on a peacock. Sarasvatī came riding on a swan.