Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.5.7, 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 1.5.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
सिद्ध्य्-अर्थं तास् तपस् तेपुः
स्त्रियो भूत्वा मनोहराः
चतुर्-युगे व्यतीते तु
प्रसन्नो ऽभूद् धरिः परम्
siddhy-arthaṃ tās tapas tepuḥ
striyo bhūtvā manoharāḥ
catur-yuge vyatīte tu
prasanno 'bhūd dhariḥ param
siddhi—perfection; artham—for the purpose; tāḥ—they; tapas tepuḥ—
English translation of verse 1.5.7:
performed austerities; striyaḥ—women; bhūtvā—becoming; manoharāḥ—
beautiful; catur-yuge—when the four yugas; vyatīte—had passed; tu—indeed;
prasannaḥ—pleased; abhūt—became; dhariḥ—Lord Hari; param—then.
To regain their powers they transformed themselves into beautiful women and performed austerities. When four yugas had passed Lord Hari became pleased with them.