Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.23, 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 3 of Chapter 2 (The Great Festival of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.2.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ज्ञातो ऽसि गोपैर् गिरिराज-देवः
प्रदर्शितो नन्द-सुतेन साक्षात्
नो गो-धनं व किल बन्धु-वर्यो
वृद्धिं समायातु दिने दिने कौ
jñāto 'si gopair girirāja-devaḥ
pradarśito nanda-sutena sākṣāt
no go-dhanaṃ va kila bandhu-varyo
vṛddhiṃ samāyātu dine dine kau
jñātaḥ—known; asi—You are; gopaiḥ—by the gopas; girirāja-devaḥ—the Deity of the kings of mountains; pradarśitaḥ—seen; nanda-sutena—by Nanda's son; sākṣāt—directly; naḥ—of us; go-dhanam—the cows; va—or; kila—indeed; bandhu-varyaḥ—best friend; vṛddhim—prosperity; samāyātu—may attain; dine—day; dine—after day; kau—on this earth.
English translation of verse 3.2.23:
They said, "The gopas know that You are the Deity worshiped by the kings of mountains. Nanda's son Kṛṣṇa has shown Your true nature to us. Please grant that day after day our relatives, friends, and cows may prosper."