Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.6.17, 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 5 of Chapter 6 (Seeing Shri Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.6.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
तदैव सा यष्टि-समान-विग्रहा
दीप्त्या च रम्भं क्षिपतीव रूपिणी
भूत्वा गृहीत्वाह हरिं तु वाससि
शुचि-स्मिता जात-मनोज-विह्वला
tadaiva sā yaṣṭi-samāna-vigrahā
dīptyā ca rambhaṃ kṣipatīva rūpiṇī
bhūtvā gṛhītvāha hariṃ tu vāsasi
śuci-smitā jāta-manoja-vihvalā
tadā—then; eva—indeed; sā—she; yaṣṭi-samāna-vigrahā—with a body as straight as a stick; dīptyā—with splendor; ca—and; rambham—a banana tree; kṣipati—trhows; iva—as if; rūpiṇī—beautiful; bhūtvā—becoming; gṛhītvā—taking; āha—said; harim—top Lord Kṛṣṇa; tu—indeed; vāsasi—garments; śuci-smitā—with a sweet smile; jāta-manoja-vihvalā—overcome with lust.
English translation of verse 5.6.17:
She suddenly became a beautiful girl straight as a stick, her straightness eclipsing the graceful straightness of the banana tree. Sweetly smiling, and now tormented with amorous desires, she clutched Lord Kṛṣṇa's garment.