Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.16, 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 2.2.16
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-सन्नन्द उवाच
इति स्तुत्वाथ गिरयो
जग्मुः स्वं स्वं गृहं ततः
शैलो गिरि-वरो साक्षाद्
गिरि-राज इति स्मृतः
śrī-sannanda uvāca
iti stutvātha girayo
jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ gṛhaṃ tataḥ
śailo giri-varo sākṣād
giri-rāja iti smṛtaḥ
śrī-sannandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sannanda said; iti—thus; stutvā—offering prayers; atha—then; girayaḥ—the mountains; jagmuḥ—went; svam svam—to their own; gṛham—homes; tataḥ—then; śailaḥ—the mountain; giri-varaḥ—the best of mountains; sākṣāt—directly; giri-rāja—the king of mountains; iti—thus; smṛtaḥ—remembered.
English translation of verse 2.2.16:
After speaking these prayers the mountains returned to their homes. For this reason Govardhana is known as the best of mountains and the king of mountains.