Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.42, 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 1.4.42
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मनसापि वरं रामो
ददौ ताभ्यो ह्य् अशेष-वित्
मनोरथं करिष्यामि
व्रजे गोप्यो भविष्यथ
manasāpi varaṃ rāmo
dadau tābhyo hy aśeṣa-vit
manorathaṃ kariṣyāmi
vraje gopyo bhaviṣyatha
manasā—with the heart; api—also; varam—choice; rāmaḥ—Rāma; dadau—gave; tābhyaḥ—them; hi—indeed; aśeṣa—all; vit—knowing; manoratham—desire; kariṣyāmi—I will do; vraje—in Vraja; gopyaḥ—gopīs; bhaviṣyatha—you will become.
English translation of verse 1.4.42:
In His heart all-knowing Rāma gave them this benediction: "You will become gopīs in Vraja, and then I will fulfill your desire."