Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.19.23, 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:

श्री-बाला ऊचुः
अनेन पतितौ वृक्षौ
ताभ्यां द्वौ पुरुषौ स्थितौ
एनं नत्वा गताव् अद्य
ताव् उदीच्यां स्फुरत्-प्रभौ

śrī-bālā ūcuḥ
anena patitau vṛkṣau
tābhyāṃ dvau puruṣau sthitau
enaṃ natvā gatāv adya
tāv udīcyāṃ sphurat-prabhau

śrī-bālāḥ ūcuḥ—the children said; anenaby Him; patitau—thrown down; vṛkṣau—the two trees; tābhyām—from them; dvau—two; puruṣau—men; sthitau—standing; enam—to Him; natvā—bowing down; gatau—gone; adyanow; tau—they; udīcyām—to the north; sphurat-prabhau—effulgent.

English translation of verse 1.19.23:

The children said: Kṛṣṇa made the two trees fall. From the trees two effulgent men came. They bowed down to Kṛṣṇa and then went to the north.

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