Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.17, 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:

जनयन् गोप-गोपीनाम्
आनन्दं बाल-लीलया
वयस्यैश् चोरयाम् आस
नवनीतं घृतं हरिः

janayan gopa-gopīnām
ānandaṃ bāla-līlayā
vayasyaiś corayām āsa
navanītaṃ ghṛtaṃ hariḥ

janayan—creating; gopa-gopīnām—of the gopas and gopīs; ānandam—bliss; bāla-līlayā—with childhood pastimes; vayasyaiḥ—with friends; corayām āsa—stole; navanītam—butter; ghṛtam—and ghee; hariḥLord Hari.

English translation of verse 1.17.17:

Delighting the gopas and gopīs with His childhood pastimes, with His friends Lord Hari stole butter and ghee.

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