Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.22, 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:

व्रजाधीशस्य पुत्रो ऽयं
भूत्वा स्तेयं समाचरेत्
न मया कथितं किञ्चिद्
यशोदे तव गौरवात्

vrajādhīśasya putro 'yaṃ
bhūtvā steyaṃ samācaret
na mayā kathitaṃ kiñcid
yaśode tava gauravāt

vrajādhīśasya—of the king of Vraja; putraḥ—the son; ayamHe; bhūtvā—having become; steyam—theft; samācaret—may perform; na—not; mayāby me; kathitam—told; kiñcitsomething; yaśode—O Yaśodā; tava—for you; gauravāt—out of respect.

English translation of verse 1.17.22:

He is the son of Vraja's king. He should not steal. O Yaśodā, there are some other things also that, out of respect for you, I have not told.

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