Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.11.38, 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 11 (Description of Shri Krishnacandra’s Birth) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.11.38
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कालेषु मन्वन्तरके व्यतीते
तपः परं तत् तपसः प्रजार्थि
तदा प्रसन्नो युवयोर् अभूवं वरं परं ब्रूत मया तदोक्तम्
kāleṣu manvantarake vyatīte
tapaḥ paraṃ tat tapasaḥ prajārthi
tadā prasanno yuvayor abhūvaṃ varaṃ paraṃ brūta mayā tadoktam
kāleṣu—in time; manvantarake—when the manvantara; vyatīte—had passed; tapaḥ—austerity; param—great; tat—that; tapasaḥ—of austerity; prajā—children; arthī—desiring; tadā—then; prasannaḥ—happy; yuvayoḥ—with you both; abhūvam—I became; varam—benediction; param—great; brūta—please speak; mayā—by Me; tadā—then; uktam—said.
English translation of verse 1.11.38:
When in time the manvantara had passed, your austerity to attain children continued. Then I became pleased with you and I said, "Ask a benediction."