Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.3.30, 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 1 of Chapter 3 (Description of the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.3.30
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यदाथ मे त्वं शपथं न मन्यसे
द्वितीय-वारं प्रवदामि वाक्-पथम्
प्राणश् च मे गन्तुम् अतीव-विह्वलः
कर्पूर-धूलि-कणवद् भविष्यति
yadātha me tvaṃ śapathaṃ na manyase
dvitīya-vāraṃ pravadāmi vāk-patham
prāṇaś ca me gantum atīva-vihvalaḥ
karpūra-dhūli-kaṇavad bhaviṣyati
yadā—when; atha—then; me—My; tvam—You; śapathaṃ—vow; na—not; manyase—think; dvitīya—a second; vāram—time; pravadāmi—I speak; vāk-patham—the words; prāṇas—life; ca—also; me—of Me; gantum—to go; atīva-vihvalaḥ—very eager; karpūra-dhūli-kaṇavad—like particles of camphor; bhaviṣyati—will be.
English translation of verse 1.3.30:
If You do not believe My words, I will say them a second time. (If You go) then My life, yearning to depart, will become like camphor dust.