Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.15.66, 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:

श्री-दम्-पती ऊचतुः
राधा-शब्दस्य हे ब्रह्मन्
व्याख्यानं वद तत्त्वतः
त्वत्तो न संशय-च्छेत्ता
को ऽपि भूमौ महा-मुने

śrī-dam-patī ūcatuḥ
rādhā-śabdasya he brahman
vyākhyānaṃ vada tattvataḥ
tvatto na saṃśaya-cchettā
ko 'pi bhūmau mahā-mune

śrī-dam-patī ūcatuḥ—the husband and wife said; rādhāRādhā; śabdasya—of the word; he—O; brahmanbrāhmaṇa; vyākhyānam—the story; vadaplease tell; tattvataḥ—in truth; tvattaḥ—from you; na—not; saṃśayadoubt; cchettā—cutting; ko 'pi—anyone; bhūmau—on the earth; mahāgreat; mune—O sage.

English translation of verse 1.15.66:

The husband and wife said: O brāhmaṇa, please truthfully explain the meaning of the name Rādhā. O great sage, save for you, no one in this world can cut our doubts.

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