Sri Garga Samhita
BY: SUN STAFF
Jan 20, CANADA (SUN) —
Canto One, Volume Four
Chapter Ten
Sri Krishna-go-carana-varnana
Description of Sri Krishna's Herding the Cows
Text 1
sri-narada uvaca
gopecchaya rama-krishnau
gopalau tau babhuvatuh
gas carayantau gopalair
vayasyais ceratur vane
Sri Narada said: By the wish of the adult gopas, Krishna and
Balarama were placed in charge of protecting the cows. Herding
the cows with Their gopa friends, Krishna and Balarama would walk
in the forest.
Text 2
agre prishthe tada gavas
carantyah parsvayor dvayoh
sri-krishnasya balasyapi
pasyantyah sundaram mukham
Walking before, behind, and on both sides, the cows gazed at
Krishna and Balarama's handsome faces.
Text 3
ghanta-manjira-jhankaram
kurvantyas ta itas tatah
kinkini-jala-samyukta
hema-mala-lasad-galah
The cows wore glittering golden necklaces, a network of
small bells, and tinkling anklets.
Text 4
mukta-gucchair barhi-picchair
lasat-pucchaccha-kesarah
sphuratam nava-ratnanam
mala-jalair virajitah
Their tails were decorated with peacock feathers and bunches
of pearls. They were splendid with necklaces of nine jewels.
Text 5
sringayor antare rajan
siro-mani-manoharah
hema-rasmi-prabha-sphurjac-
chringa-parsva-praveshtanah
O king, a crown jewel placed between their horns made them
beautiful. Their horns were plated with gold.
Text 6
arakta-tilakah kascit
pita-puccharunanghrayah
kailasa-giri-sankasah
sila-rupa-maha-gunah
Some had yellow tails and red hooves. They were decorated
with red tilaka. They were like many Mount Kailasas. They had
virtues, good character, and beauty.
Text 7
sa-vatsa manda-gaminya
udho-bharena maithila
kundoghnyah patalah kascil
lakshantyo bhavya-murtayah
O king of Mithila, accompanied by their calves, they walked
slowly, their udders full. Some were like great red patala
flowers. They were very beautiful.
Text 8
kascit pita vicitras ca
syamas ca haritas tatha
tamra dhumra ghana-syama
ghana-syame gatekshanah
Some were yellow, some multicolored, some black, some green,
some smoke-colored, and some cloud-colored. All their eyes were
placed on Krishna, His form dark as a cloud.
Text 9
laghu-sringyo dirgha-sringya
ucca-sringyo vrishaih saha
mriga-sringyo vakra-sringyah
kapila mangalayanah
Some had short horns, some long horns, some high horns, some
bent horns, and some horns like a deer's antlers. Some were with
many bulls. Some were brown and beautiful.
Text 10
sadvalam komalam kantam
vikshantyo 'pi vane vane
kotisah kotiso gavas
carantyah krishna-parsvayoh
Searching for tender and delicious grasses, millions and
millions of cows walked at Krishna's side through forest after
forest.
Texts 11-13
punyam sri-yamuna-tiram
tamalaih syamalair vanam
nipaih nimbaih kadambais ca
pravalaih panasair drumaih
kadali-kovidaramrair
jambu-bilvair manoharaih
asvatthais ca kapitthais ca
madhavibhis ca manditam
babhau vrindavanam divyam
vasantartu-manoharam
nandanam sarvato-bhadram
kshipac caitraratham vanam
Its Yamuna shore very pure and sacred, and its groves
decorated with many dark tamala trees and many beautiful nipa,
nimba, kadamba, pravala, panasa, kadali, kovidara, mango, jambu,
bilva, asvattha, and kapittha trees, as well as many madhavi
vines, beautiful in the springtime, and its glory eclipsing the
nandana, sarvatobhadra, and caitraratha forests of heaven,
transcendental Vrindavana forest was splendidly manifest.
Texts 14-17
yatra govardhano nama
su-nirjhara-dari-yutah
ratna-dhatu-mayah sriman
mandara-vana-sankulah
srikhanda-badari-rambha-
devadaru-vatair vritah
palasa-plakshasokais ca-
rishtarjuna-kadambakaih
parijataih patalais ca
campakaih parisobhitah
karanja-jala-kunjadhyah
syamair indrayavair vritah
kalakanthaih kokilais ca
pums-kokila-mayura-bhrit
gas carayams tatra krishno
vicacara vane vane
In Vrindavana forest, on the beautiful hill named Govardhana,
which was made of precious gems, had many glorious caves and
swiftly-moving streams, and was filled with many beautiful
mandara, srikhanda, badari, rambha, devadaru, vata, palasa,
plaksha, asoka, arishta, arjuna, kadambaka, parijata, patala,
campaka, karanja, and syama-indrayava trees, and many
kalakanthas, kokilas, pums-kokilas, and peacocks, Krishna wandered
from forest to forest as He herded the cows.
Texts 18-22
vrindavane madhuvane
parsve talavanasya ca
kumud-vane bahule ca
divya-kama-vane pare
brihat-sanu-gireh parsve
girer nandisvarasya ca
sundare kokilavane
kokila-dhvani-sankule
ramye kusavane saumye
lata-jala-samanvite
maha-punye bhadravane
bhandiropavane nripa
lohargale ca yamuna-
tire tire vane vane
pita-vasah parikaro
nata-vesho manoharah
vetra-bhrid vadayan vamsim
gopinam pritim avahan
mayura-piccha-bhrin mauli
sragvi krishno babhau nripa
O king, in Vrindavana, Madhuvana, Talavana, Kumudvana,
Bahulavana, Divya-kamavana, on the summit and slopes of
Nandisvara Hill, in beautiful Kokilavana, which was filled with
the singing of cuckoos, in beautiful Kusavana, which was filled
with many flowering vines, in beautiful and sacred Bhadravana, in
Bhandiropavana, in Lohargala, in shore after shore by the Yamuna,
and in forest after forest, handsome Krishna, in yellow garments,
dressed as a dancer, holding a stick, decorated with peacock
feathers, a crown, and many garlands, playing His flute, and
delighting the gopis, was splendidly manifest.
Text 23
agre kritva gavam vrindam
sayam-kale harih svayam
ragaih samirayan vamsim
sri-nanda-vrajam avisat
Placing the cows in front and playing many melodies on His
flute, Krishna returned to Nanda's village in the evening.
Texts 24 and 25
venu-vamsi-dhvanim srutva
sri-vamsivata-margatah
go-rajobhir nabho vyaptam
vikshya gehad vinirgatah
duri-kartum hy adhibadham
ahartum sukham uttamam
vismartum na samarthas tam
drashtum gopyah samayayuh
Hearing the sound of the flute, and seeing the cows' dust
fill the sky along the Vamsivata path, the gopis, to put their
anxieties far away and to taste the highest happiness, and unable
to forget Him, went to see Krishna.
Text 26
sankoca-vithishu na sangrihitah
sanais calan go-gana-sankulasu
simhavaloko gaja-bala-lilair
vadhu-janaih pankaja-patra-netrah
su-manditam maithila go-rajobhir
nilam param kuntalam adadhanah
hemangadi mauli-virajamana
a-karna-vakri-krita-drishti-banah
go-dhulibhir mandita-kunda-harah
karnopari sphurjita-karnikarah
pitambaro venu-ninada-karah
patu prabhur vo hrita-bhuri-bharah
May Lord Krishna, who did not leave the path, who slowly
brought the cows with Him, whose glance was like a lion's, whose
playfulness was like a baby elephant's, whose eyes were lotus
petals, who was the object of the gopis' glances, who was
decorated with cows' dust, who had handsome black hair, who wore
golden armlets, who was glorious with a crown, who shot arrows of
crooked glances from large eyes that seemed to touch His ears,
whose jasmine-garland was decorated with cows' dust, who wore the
whorl of a blossoming lotus on His ear, who wore yellow garments,
who played the flute, and who removed the earth's great burden,
protect you all.
