Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.3, 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).
Verse 2.2.3
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यमुनेयं नदी साक्षात्
कस्माल् लोकात् समागता
तन्-माहात्म्यं च वद मे
त्वम् असि ज्ञानिनां वरः
yamuneyaṃ nadī sākṣāt
kasmāl lokāt samāgatā
tan-māhātmyaṃ ca vada me
tvam asi jñānināṃ varaḥ
yamunā—the Yamunā; iyam—it; nadī—river; sākṣāt—directly; kasmāl—from what?; lokāt—world; samāgatā—come; tan-māhātmyam—the glory of it; ca—also; vada—tell; me—me; tvam—you; asi—are; jñāninām—of the wise; varah—the best.
English translation of verse 2.2.3:
From what world did the Yamunā river come? You are the best of the wise.
Please explain to me its glories.