Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.23, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

श्री-नारद उवाच
श्री-नन्द-राज-सुत-सम्भवम् अद्भुतं च
श्रुत्वा विसृज्य गृह-कर्म तदैव गोप्यः
तूर्णं ययुः स-बलयो व्रज-राज-गेहान्
उद्यत्-प्रमोद-परिपूरित-हृन्-मनो-ऽअगाः

śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nanda-rāja-suta-sambhavam adbhutaṃ ca
śrutvā visṛjya gṛha-karma tadaiva gopyaḥ
tūrṇaṃ yayuḥ sa-balayo vraja-rāja-gehān
udyat-pramoda-paripūrita-hṛn-mano-'agāḥ

śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; śrī-nanda-rājaof King Nanda; sutaof the son; sambhavam—the birth; adbhutam—wonderful; ca—also; śrutvāhearing; visṛjyaabandoning; gṛhahousehold; karmaduties; tadāthen; eva—indeed; gopyaḥthe gopīs; tūrṇam—quickly; yayuḥ—went; sa-balayaḥ—with offerings; vraja-rāja-gehān—to the palace of the king of Vraja; udyat—rising; pramodahappiness; paripūrita—flooded; hṛt—hearts; manaḥ—minds; 'agāḥ—and limbs.

English translation of verse 1.12.23:

Śrī Nārada said: Hearing of the wonderful birth of King Nanda's son, the gopīs at once abandoned their household duties. Their hearts, minds, and limbs flooded with rising happiness, they rushed with gifts to the palace of Vraja's king.

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