Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.1, 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 2 (Description of Giriraja Govardhana’s Birth) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

श्री-नन्द उवाच
हे सन्नन्द महा-प्रज्ञ
सर्वज्ञो ऽसि बहु-श्रुतः
व्रज-मण्डल-माहात्म्यं
वदतस् ते मुखाच् छ्रुतम्

śrī-nanda uvāca
he sannanda mahā-prajña
sarvajño 'si bahu-śrutaḥ
vraja-maṇḍala-māhātmyaṃ
vadatas te mukhāc chrutam

śrī-nanda uvāca—Śrī Nanda said; he—O; sannanda—Sannanda; mahā-prajñavery intelligent; sarvajñaḥ—all-knowing; asi—you are; bahu-śrutaḥhave heard much; vraja-maṇḍala-māhātmyam—the glory of Vraja-mandala; vadataḥ—speaking; te—of you; mukhāc—from the mouth; chrutam—heard.

English translation of verse 2.2.1:

Śrī Nanda said: O very intelligent Sannanda, you have heard much and you know everything. We have heard from your mouth the glories of Vraja-maṇḍala.

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