Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.20, 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 4 (Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.4.20
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-हरिर् उवाच
वरं वृणीत यूयं वै
यन् मनो-वाञ्छितं महत्
येषां प्रसन्नो ऽहं साक्षात्
तेषां किं दुर्लभं भुवि
śrī-harir uvāca
varaṃ vṛṇīta yūyaṃ vai
yan mano-vāñchitaṃ mahat
yeṣāṃ prasanno 'haṃ sākṣāt
teṣāṃ kiṃ durlabhaṃ bhuvi
śrī-hariḥ uvāca—Śrī Hari said; varam—a benediction; vṛṇīta—choose; yūyam—you; vai—certainly; yat—what; manaḥ—by the heart; vāñchitam—is desired; mahat—great; yeṣām—by whom; prasannaḥ—pleased; aham—I am; sākṣāt—directly; teṣām—of them; kim—what?; durlabham—difficult to attain; bhuvi—on the earth.
English translation of verse 1.4.20:
Śrī Hari said: Choose a benediction, whatever your heart desires. What is difficult to attain for they with whom I am pleased?