Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.19.22, 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 19 (Breaking of the Two Arjuna Trees) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

कथं वृक्षौ प्रापतितौ
विना वातं व्रजार्भकाः
वदताशु तदा बाला
ऊचुः सर्वे व्रजौकसः

kathaṃ vṛkṣau prāpatitau
vinā vātaṃ vrajārbhakāḥ
vadatāśu tadā bālā
ūcuḥ sarve vrajaukasaḥ

katham—how?; vṛkṣau—two trees; prāpatitau—thrown down; vināwithout; vātam—wind; vrajaof Vraja; arbhakāḥ—O children; vadata—please tell; āśu—at once; tadāthen; bālāḥ—the boys; ūcuḥ—said; sarve—all; vraja—in Vraja; okasaḥ—who had homes.

English translation of verse 1.19.22:

When they were asked, "How did these two trees fall down without any wind?

O children of Vraja, please tell us," the children of Vraja spoke.

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