Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.22, 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 12 (Description of Shri Nanda’s Festival) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.12.22
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नन्द उवाच
भवताम् आशिषः पुण्याज्
जातं सौख्यम् इदं शुभम्
आज्ञा-वार्ती ह्य् अहं गोपा
गोपानां व्रज-वासिनाम्
śrī-nanda uvāca
bhavatām āśiṣaḥ puṇyāj
jātaṃ saukhyam idaṃ śubham
ājñā-vārtī hy ahaṃ gopā
gopānāṃ vraja-vāsinām
śrī-nandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nanda said; bhavatām—of you; āśiṣaḥ—the blessings; puṇyāt—from piety; jātam—born; saukhyam—happiness; idam—this; śubham—auspiciousness; ājñā—the order; vārtī—speaking; hi—indeed; aham—I; gopā—O cowherd men; gopānām—of the cowherd men; vraja-vāsinām—of the residents of Vraja.
English translation of verse 1.12.22:
Śrī Nanda said: Your pious blessings make me very happy. O cowherd men, I am a servant obedient to the orders of the cowherd men of Vraja.