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).
Verse 1.17.22
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; ayam—He; bhūtvā—having become; steyam—theft; samācaret—may perform; na—not; mayā—by me; kathitam—told; kiñcit—something; 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.