Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.17, 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 3.2.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अथाह गोपान् विशताद्रि-गर्तं
हे तात मातर् व्रज-बल्लवेशाः
सोपस्करैः सर्व-धनैश् च गोभिर्
अत्रैव शक्रस्य भयं न किञ्चित्
athāha gopān viśatādri-gartaṃ
he tāta mātar vraja-ballaveśāḥ
sopaskaraiḥ sarva-dhanaiś ca gobhir
atraiva śakrasya bhayaṃ na kiñcit
atha—then; āha—said; gopān—to the gopas; viśata—enter; adri—of the hill; gartam—the opening; he—O; tāta—father; mātaḥ—mother; vraja—of Vraja; ballava—of the gopas; īśāḥ—O kings; sa—with; upaskaraiḥ—with househo,d paraphernalia; sarva-dhanaiś—with all your wealth; ca—and; gobhiḥ—with your cows; atra—there; eva—indeed; śakrasya—of Indra; bhayam—fear; na—not; kiñcit—at all.
English translation of verse 3.2.17:
Lord Kṛṣṇa said to the gopas: Father, mother, kings of the gopas, take your relatives, associates, household paraphernalia, wealth, and cows, and go beneath the hill. There you need not fear Indra.