Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.18.28, 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 18 (The Sight of Shri Krishnacandra) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

श्री-गोपदेवतोवाच
राधे त्वदीय-धिषणा धिषणं हसन्ती
वाणीं श्रुतिं प्रकुशलेन विडम्बयन्ती
अत्रागमिष्यति यदाथ हरिः परेशः
सत्यं ददाति वचनं तव देवि मन्ये

śrī-gopadevatovāca
rādhe tvadīya-dhiṣaṇā dhiṣaṇaṃ hasantī
vāṇīṃ śrutiṃ prakuśalena viḍambayantī
atrāgamiṣyati yadātha hariḥ pareśaḥ
satyaṃ dadāti vacanaṃ tava devi manye

śrī-gopadevatā uvāca—Śrī Gopadevatā said; rādhe—O Rādhā; tvadīya—of You; dhiṣaṇāintelligence; dhiṣaṇam—Bṛhaspati; hasantī—laughs; vāṇīm—words; śrutim—the Vedas; prakuśalena—expertly; viḍambayantī—mocking; atra—here; āgamiṣyati—will come; yadā—then; athathen; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pareśaḥ—the Supreme Lord; satyam—truth; dadāti—gives; vacanam—words; tava—of You; deviO goddess; manye—I think.

English translation of verse 2.18.28:

O Rādhā, Your intelligence laughs at Bṛhaspati and Your works cleverly mock the Vedas. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself comes here and confirms Your words, only then will I believe them.

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