Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.12.28, 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 1.12.28
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
इच्छा-युक्तं कृतं ते वै
देवेन बहु-कालतः
रक्ष बालं पद्म-नेत्रं
icchā-yuktaṃ kṛtaṃ te vai
devena bahu-kālataḥ
rakṣa bālaṃ padma-netraṃ
सु-स्मितं श्याम-सुन्दरम्
su-smitaṃ śyāma-sundaram
icchā—desire; yuktam—endowed; kṛtam—done; te—by you; vai—indeed; devena—by the Lord; bahu-kālataḥ—after a long time; rakṣa—please protect; bālam—the child; padma—lotus; netram—eyes; su-smitam—with a charming smile; śyāma—dark; sundaram—and handsome.
English translation of verse 1.12.28:
After a long time the Lord fulfilled your desire. (O Lord,) please protect this lotus-eyed, sweetly smiling, handsome, dark boy.