Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.18, 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).

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

पशव्यं गोप-गोपीनां
गवां सेव्यं मनोहरम्
लता-कुञ्जावृतं तद् वै
वनं वृन्दावनं स्मृतम्

paśavyaṃ gopa-gopīnāṃ
gavāṃ sevyaṃ manoharam
latā-kuñjāvṛtaṃ tad vai
vanaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ smṛtam

paśavyam—suitable for the cows; gopa-gopīnām—of the gopas and gopīs; gavām—by the cows; sevyam—served; manoharam—beautiful; latāvines; kuñjagroves; āvṛtam—filled; tat—that; vai—indeed; vanam—forest; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; smṛtam—remembered.

English translation of verse 2.1.18:

Beautiful Vṛndāvana forest is known to be an ideal place for the cows, gopas, and gopīs, a place filled with vines and groves.

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