Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.23, 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 16 (Description of Shri Radhika’s Wedding) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.16.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोलोक-नाथस् त्वम् अतीव-लीलो
लीलावतीयं निज-लोक-लीला
वैकुण्ठ-नाथो ऽसि यदा त्वम् एव लक्ष्मीस् तदेयं वृषभानुजा हि
goloka-nāthas tvam atīva-līlo
līlāvatīyaṃ nija-loka-līlā
vaikuṇṭha-nātho 'si yadā tvam eva lakṣmīs tadeyaṃ vṛṣabhānujā hi
goloka-nāthaḥ—the master of Goloka; tvam—You; atīva-līlaḥ—playful; līlāvatī—playful; iyam—she; nija—own; loka—realm; līlā—pastimes; vaikuṇṭha-nāthaḥ—the master of Vaikuṇṭha; asi—You are; yadā—when; tvam—You; eva—indeed; lakṣmīḥ—Lakṣmī; tadā—then; iyam—She; vṛṣabhānujā—the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu; hi—certainly.
English translation of verse 1.16.23:
You are the playful king of Goloka and She is Your playful companion. When You are the king of Vaikuṇṭha, She, the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, is Goddess Lakṣmī.