Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.10, 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 2 of Chapter 1 (Description of the Entrance in Vrindavana) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.1.10
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नन्द उवाच
कति-क्रोशैर् विस्तृतं तद्
वनं वृन्दावनं व्रजात्
तल्-लक्षणं तत्-सुखं च
वद बुद्धिमतां वर
śrī-nanda uvāca
kati-krośair vistṛtaṃ tad
vanaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vrajāt
tal-lakṣaṇaṃ tat-sukhaṃ ca
vada buddhimatāṃ vara
śrī-nanda uvāca—Śrī Nanda said; kati—how many?; krośaiḥ—krośas; vistṛtam—far; tat—that; vanam—forest; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; vrajāt—from Vraja; tal-lakṣaṇam—that nature; tat-sukham—that happiness; ca—and; vada—please tell; buddhimatām—of the wise; vara—O best.
English translation of verse 2.1.10:
Nanda said: How many krośas is Vṛndāvana forest from Vraja? O best of the wise, tell me what it is like and how it is a happy place.