Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.10, 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 17 (Description of the Yogurt Theft) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

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

श्री-गोप्य ऊचुः
क्रीडार्थं चापलं ह्य् एनं
मा बहिः कारयाङ्गनात्
बाल-केलिं दुग्ध-मुखं
काक-पक्ष-धरं शुभे

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
krīḍārthaṃ cāpalaṃ hy enaṃ
mā bahiḥ kārayāṅganāt
bāla-keliṃ dugdha-mukhaṃ
kāka-pakṣa-dharaṃ śubhe

śrī-gopyaḥ ūcuḥ—the gopīs said; krīḍāplaying; arthamfor the purpose; cāpalam—restless; hi—indeed; enam—He; mā—don't; bahiḥoutside; kāraya—take; aṅganāt—from the courtyard; bālachild's; kelim—playing; dugdhamilk; mukham—in His mouth; kākacrow's; pakṣafeathers; dharam—wearing; śubhe—O beautiful one.

English translation of verse 1.17.10:

The gopīs said: O beautiful one, don't take this restless and playful boy decorated with crows' feathers and the milk still in His mouth out of the courtyard to play.

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