Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.34, 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:

हरिर् विचिन्तयन्न् इत्थं
माता दण्डं प्रदास्यति
दधार तद्-बाल-रूपं
स्वच्छन्द-गतिर् ईश्वरः

harir vicintayann itthaṃ
mātā daṇḍaṃ pradāsyati
dadhāra tad-bāla-rūpaṃ
svacchanda-gatir īśvaraḥ

hariḥLord Hari; vicintayan—thinking; ittham—thus; mātāHis mother; daṇḍama stick; pradāsyati—gave; dadhāra—manifested; tad-bāla-rūpam—that child's form; svacchanda-gatiḥindependent; īśvaraḥ—Supreme Controller.

English translation of verse 1.17.34:

Lord Hari thought, "My mother will hit Me with a stick." The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can do whatever He likes, then manifested the form of Prabhāvatī's son.

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