Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.28, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

श्री-श्रुतय ऊचुः
कन्दर्प-कोटि-लावण्ये
त्वयि दृट्टे मनांसि नः
कामिनी-भावम् आसद्य
स्मर-क्षुब्धान्य् असंशयम्

śrī-śrutaya ūcuḥ
kandarpa-koṭi-lāvaṇye
tvayi dṛṭṭe manāṃsi naḥ
kāminī-bhāvam āsadya
smara-kṣubdhāny asaṃśayam

śrī-śrutayaḥ ūcuḥ—the personified Vedas said; kandarpaof Kāmadevas; koṭimillions; lāvaṇye—handsomeness; tvayi—when You; dṛṭṭe—are seen; manāṃsi—hearts; naḥ—our; kāminīof beautiful and amorous girls; bhāvam—the nature; āsadya—attaining; smaraby amorous desires; kṣubdhāni—agitated; asaṃśayam—without doubt.

English translation of verse 1.4.28:

When we see You in this way, more handsome than millions of Kāmadevas, our hearts become troubled with amorous desires and we yearn to become beautiful girls. Of this there is no doubt.

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