Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.15.64, 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).

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

यद्-दर्शनं दुर्लभम् एव दुर्घटं
देवैश् च यज्ञैर् न च जन्मभिः किम् उ
स-विग्रहां तां तव मन्दिराजिरे
लक्ष्यन्ति गुप्तं बहु-गोप-गोपिकाः

yad-darśanaṃ durlabham eva durghaṭaṃ
devaiś ca yajñair na ca janmabhiḥ kim u
sa-vigrahāṃ tāṃ tava mandirājire
lakṣyanti guptaṃ bahu-gopa-gopikāḥ

yat—of whom; darśanam—the sight; durlabham—difficult to attain; eva—indeed; durghaṭam—impossible; devaiḥ—by the demigods; ca—also; yajñaiḥ—by sacrifices; na—not; ca—and; janmabhiḥ—by many births; kim u—what to speak of?; sa-vigraham—transcendental form; tām—Her; tava—your; mandirain the palace; ajire—in the courtyard; lakṣyanti—see; guptam—hidden; bahumany; gopagopas; gopikāḥ—and gopīs.

English translation of verse 1.15.64:

She whom even the demigods, what to speak of others who perform sacrifices for many births, cannot see, many gopas and gopīs now see hidden in the courtyard of your palace.

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