Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.4.49, 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:

अन्याकृतिं ते तं वीक्ष्य
परं विस्मित-मानसाः
ध्यानाद् उत्थाय ददृशुः
कोटि-कन्दर्प-सन्निभम्

anyākṛtiṃ te taṃ vīkṣya
paraṃ vismita-mānasāḥ
dhyānād utthāya dadṛśuḥ
koṭi-kandarpa-sannibham

anyaanother; ākṛtim—form; te—they; tam—Him; vīkṣyaseeing; param—then; vismitasurprised; mānasāḥ—at heart; dhyānāt—from meditation; utthāyarising; dadṛśuḥ—they saw; koṭimillions; kandarpaof Kāmadeva's; sannibham—like.

English translation of verse 1.4.49:

Surprised at heart by seeing this other form, they rose from their meditation and saw Lord Rāma, who was like millions of Kāmadevas.

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