Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.33, 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 1.17.33
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
नीत्वा मृषाश्रु भीरुं च
गच्छन्ती नन्द-मन्दिरम्
अग्रे नन्दं स्थितं दृष्ट्वा
मुखे वस्त्रं चकार ह
nītvā mṛṣāśru bhīruṃ ca
gacchantī nanda-mandiram
agre nandaṃ sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā
mukhe vastraṃ cakāra ha
nītvā—bringing; mṛṣā—false; aśru—tears; bhīrum—frightened; ca—and; gacchantī—going; nanda—Nanda's; mandiram—to the palace; agre—before; nandam—Nanda; sthitam—standing; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; mukhe—in the mouth; vastram—cloth; cakāra—did; ha—indeed.
English translation of verse 1.17.33:
As frightened Kṛṣṇa shed false tears, she brought Him to Nanda's palace. Seeing Nanda standing there, she covered Kṛṣṇa's face with the edge of His garment.