Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 1.19.31, 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:

द्वापरान्ते भारते च
माथुरे व्रज-मण्डले
कलिन्द-नन्दिनी-तीरे
महावन-समीपतः
परिपूर्णतमं साक्षात्
कृष्णं दामोदरं हरिम्
गोलोक-नाथं तं दृष्ट्वा
पूर्व-रूपौ भविष्यथः

dvāparānte bhārate ca
māthure vraja-maṇḍale
kalinda-nandinī-tīre
mahāvana-samīpataḥ
paripūrṇatamaṃ sākṣāt
kṛṣṇaṃ dāmodaraṃ harim
goloka-nāthaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā
pūrva-rūpau bhaviṣyathaḥ

dvāpara-ante—at the end of Dvāpara-yuga; bhārate—in Bhārata-varṣa; ca—also; māthure—in Mathurā; vraja-maṇḍale—in the circle of Vraja; kalinda-nandinī-tīre—on the Yamunā's shore; mahāvana-samīpataḥ—near Mahāvana forest; paripūrṇatamam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣātdirectly; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; dāmodaram—Dāmodara; harim—Hari; goloka-nātham—the master of Goloka; tam—Him; dṛṣṭvāseeing; pūrvaprevious; rūpau—form; bhaviṣyathaḥ—you will attain.

English translation of verse 1.19.31:

At the end of Dvāpara-yuga, in Bhārata-varṣa, in Māthura district, in the circle of Vraja, on the Yamunā's shore near Mahāvana forest, you will see the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, who is the master of Goloka, and who is known as Dāmodara and Hari. When you see Him, you will regain your original forms.

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