Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.15.8, 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 15 (Revelation of the Universal Form to Nanda’s Wife) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.15.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
कन्द-मूल-फलाहारौ
ततः पर्णाशनौ ततः
जल-भक्षौ ततस् तौ तु
निर्जलौ निर्जने स्थितौ
kanda-mūla-phalāhārau
tataḥ parṇāśanau tataḥ
jala-bhakṣau tatas tau tu
nirjalau nirjane sthitau
kanda-mūla—of roots; phala—and fruits; āhārau—eating; tataḥ—then; parṇa—leaves; aśanau—eating; tataḥ—then; jala—water; bhakṣau—eating; tataḥ—then; tau—they; tu—certainly; nirjalau—without water; nirjane—in a secluded place; sthitau—stayed.
English translation of verse 1.15.8:
First they ate only fruits and roots. Then they ate only leaves. Then they only drank water. Then, staying in a secluded place, they did not even drink water.