Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.8, 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 2.2.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-सन्नन्द उवाच
वेद-नाग-क्रोश-ब्बूमिं
स्व-धाम्नः श्री-हरिः स्वयम्
गोवर्धनं च यमुनां
प्रेषयाम् आस भूपरि
śrī-sannanda uvāca
veda-nāga-krośa-bbūmiṃ
sva-dhāmnaḥ śrī-hariḥ svayam
govardhanaṃ ca yamunāṃ
preṣayām āsa bhūpari
śrī-sannandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sannanda said; veda-nāga-krośa—47 krośas; bbūmim ——land; sva-dhāmnaḥ—own abode; śrī-hariḥ—Lord Hari; svayam—personally; govardhanam—Govardhana; ca—and; yamunām—Yamunā; preṣayām āsa—sen; bhū-upari—to the earth.
English translation of verse 2.2.8:
Śrī Sannanda said: Then Lord Hari sent a 47 krośa portion of His own abode, along with Govardhana and the Yamunā, to the earth.
Note: A krośa equals two miles.