Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.15, 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:

श्रीदाम-सुबलाद्यैश् च
वयस्यैर् व्रज-बालकैः
यमुना-सिकते शुभ्रे

śrīdāma-subalādyaiś ca
vayasyair vraja-bālakaiḥ
yamunā-sikate śubhre

लुठन्तौ स-कुतूहलौ

luṭhantau sa-kutūhalau

śrīdāma-subalādyaiḥ—headed by Śrīdāma and Subala; ca—also; vayasyaiḥ—with friends; vraja-bālakaiḥ—the boys of Vraja; yamunāof the Yamunā; sikate—on the beach; śubhre—beautiful; luṭhantau—wandering; sa-kutūhalau—playing.

English translation of verse 1.17.15:

With the boys of Vraja, Their friends headed by Śrīdāmā and Subala, They played on the Yamunā's sandy shore.

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