Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.7, 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 2.2.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-राधोवाच
यत्र वृन्दावनं नास्ति
न यत्र यमुना नदी
यत्र गोवर्धनो नास्ति
तत्र मे न मनः-सुखम्
śrī-rādhovāca
yatra vṛndāvanaṃ nāsti
na yatra yamunā nadī
yatra govardhano nāsti
tatra me na manaḥ-sukham
śrī-rādhā uvāca—Śrī Rādhā said; yatra—where; vṛndāvanam—Vṛndāvana; na—not; asti—is; na—not; yatra—where; yamunā—Yamuna; nadī—river; yatra—where; govardhanaḥ—Govardhana; na—not; asti—is; tatra—there; me—My; na—not; manaḥ—of the heart; sukham—happiness.
English translation of verse 2.2.7:
Śrī Rādhā said: My heart cannot be happy in a place where there is no Vṛndāvana forest, no Yamunā River, and no Govardhana Hill.