Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.1.45, 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 2.1.45
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नन्द उवाच
धराया मान-भङ्गार्थं
केन पूर्वं प्रदर्शितम्
एतन् मे वद गोपेश
माथुरं व्रज-मण्डलम्
śrī-nanda uvāca
dharāyā māna-bhaṅgārthaṃ
kena pūrvaṃ pradarśitam
etan me vada gopeśa
māthuraṃ vraja-maṇḍalam
śrī-nandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nanda said; dharāyā—of the earth; māna—of pride; bhaṅga—breaking; artham—purpose; kena—by whom?; pūrvam—before; pradarśitam—revealed; etan—this; me—to me; vada—please tell; gopeśa—O king of the gopas; māthuram—Māthura; vraja-maṇḍalam—Vraja-maṇḍala.
English translation of verse 2.1.45:
Śrī Nanda said: Why did Mathurā Vraja-maṇḍala break the earth's pride. O king of the gopas, please tell me.