Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.17.42, 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:

श्री-भगवान् उवाच
पुनर् मां यदि गृह्णासि
कदाचित् त्वं हे गोपिके
ते भार्तृ-रूपस् तु तदा
भविष्यामि न संशयः

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
punar māṃ yadi gṛhṇāsi
kadācit tvaṃ he gopike
te bhārtṛ-rūpas tu tadā
bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; punaḥ—again; mām—to Me; yadi—if; gṛhṇāsi—you are kind; kadācit—sometime; tvam—you; he gopike—O gopī; te—of you; bhārtṛ—of the husband; rūpaḥ—in the form; tu—certainly; tadāthen; bhaviṣyāmi—I will become; na—not; saṃśayaḥ—doubt.

English translation of verse 1.17.42:

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O gopī, if you capture Me again, I will take the form of your husband. There is no doubt of it.

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