Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.41, 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:

किं त्वं मे मन्दिरं लिप्सुर्
मत्तवद् भाषसे वचः
तीर्थ-राज गृहं गच्छ
शृणु वाक्यं शुभं च मे

kiṃ tvaṃ me mandiraṃ lipsur
mattavad bhāṣase vacaḥ
tīrtha-rāja gṛhaṃ gaccha
śṛṇu vākyaṃ śubhaṃ ca me

kim—why; tvam—you; me—My; mandiram—home; lipsuḥ—desiring to attain; mattavat—as if mad with pride; bhāṣase—you speak; vacaḥ—words; tīrtha-rājaO king of holy places; gṛham—home; gacchago; śṛṇu—hear; vākyam—words; śubham—auspicious; ca—and; me—My.

English translation of verse 2.1.41:

Why, as if you wish to become the place where I live, do you speak in this mad way? O king of holy places, hear My auspicious words, and then return to your home.

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