Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.17.7, 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 17 (The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.17.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स्रि-व्र्न्दवन-पलिक उचुह् अनिमित्तम् प्रेम-सौख्यम् अनिमित्तो हि वेत्ति तत् स-निमित्तो न जनति रसम् कर्मेन्द्रियम् यथ स्रि-व्र्न्दवन-पलिक
sri-vrndavana-palika ucuh animittam prema-saukhyam animitto hi vetti tat sa-nimitto na janati rasam karmendriyam yatha sri-vrndavana-palika
ucuh—the protectors of Sri Vrndavana said; animittam—causeless; prema-saukhyam—the happiness of love; animittah—causeless; hi—indeed; vetti—knows; tat—that; sa-nimittah—with a cause; na—not; janati—knows; rasam—the taste; karmendriyam—the working senses; yatha—as.
English translation of verse 5.17.7:
The gopi protectors of Sri Vrndavana said: One who loves selflessly can understand selfless love. A selfish person cannot understand it, as arms and legs cannot understand the sweetness of nectar.