Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.16.52, 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 1.16.52
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
नन्देन दत्तं शिशुम् एव यादृशं
भूमौ लुठन्तं प्ररुदन्तम् आययौ
हरिं विलोक्याशु रुरोध राधिका
तनोषि मायां नु कथं हरे मयि
nandena dattaṃ śiśum eva yādṛśaṃ
bhūmau luṭhantaṃ prarudantam āyayau
hariṃ vilokyāśu rurodha rādhikā
tanoṣi māyāṃ nu kathaṃ hare mayi
nandena—by Nanda; dattam—given; śiśum—child; eva—indeed; yādṛśam—like which; bhūmau—on the ground; luṭhantam—crawling; prarudantam—crying; āyayau—went; harim—Lord Hari; vilokya—seeing; āśu—at once; rurodha—cried; rādhikā—Rādhā; tanoṣi—You manifest; māyām—illusion; nu—indeed; katham—why?; hare—O Lord Hari; mayi—to Me.
English translation of verse 1.16.52:
He became an infant crawling on the ground and crying, just as Nanda had given Him before. When She saw Lord Hari in this way, Śrī Rādhikā cried out, "O
Lord Hari, why do You show this illusion to Me?"