Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.19.1, 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 19 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.19.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-बहुलाश्व उवाच
राधायै दर्शनं दत्त्वा
कृत्वा प्रेम-परीक्षणम्
अग्रे चकार कं लीलां
भगवान् आत्म-लीलया
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca
rādhāyai darśanaṃ dattvā
kṛtvā prema-parīkṣaṇam
agre cakāra kaṃ līlāṃ
bhagavān ātma-līlayā
śrī-bahulāśvaḥ uvāca—Śrī Bahulāśva said; rādhāyai—to Rādhā; darśanam—sight; dattvā—giving; kṛtvā—doing; prema—love; parīkṣaṇam—test; agre—before; cakāra—did; kam—what?; līlām—pastime; bhagavān—the Lord; ātma-līlayā—with playfulness.
English translation of verse 2.19.1:
Śrī Bahulāśva said: After He tested Rādhā's love and then revealed Himself to Her, what pastime did the Lord enjoy?