Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.22.19, 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 22 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.22.19
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
चकाराहैतुकीं भक्तिं
मम ध्यान-परायणः
व्यतीतं तस्य तपतो
गोप्यो मन्वन्तर-द्वयम्
cakārāhaitukīṃ bhaktiṃ
mama dhyāna-parāyaṇaḥ
vyatītaṃ tasya tapato
gopyo manvantara-dvayam
cakāra—he did; ahaitukīm—unmotivated; bhaktim—devotional service; mama—of Me; dhyāna—meditation; parāyaṇaḥ—intent; vyatītam—passed; tasya—of him; tapataḥ—austerities; gopyaḥ—O gopīs; manvantara-dvayam—two manvantaras.
English translation of verse 2.22.19:
O gopīs, He spent two manvantaras meditating on Me in pure devotion.