Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.5.5, 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 5 (The Lord’s Appearance) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.5.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
ताश् च देवल-वाक्येन
तपस् तेपुर् हिमाचले
भक्त्या परमया ता मे
गोप्यो भाव्या व्रजे विधे
tāś ca devala-vākyena
tapas tepur himācale
bhaktyā paramayā tā me
gopyo bhāvyā vraje vidhe
tāḥ—they; ca—also; devala—of Devala Muni; vākyena—by the words; tapas tepuḥ—performed austerities; himācale—in the Himalayas; bhaktyā—with devotion; paramayā—great; tāḥ—they; me—My; gopyaḥ—gopīs; bhāvyāḥ—will be; vraje—in Vraja; vidhe—O Brahmā.
English translation of verse 1.5.5:
On Devala Muni's advice with great devotion to Me they performed austerities in the Himalayas. O Brahmā, they will become gopīs in Vraja.