Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.27, 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-सन्नन्द उवाच
पुलस्त्य-वचनं श्रुत्वा
स्व-सुत-स्नेह-विह्वलः
अश्रु-पूर्णो द्रोण-गिरिस्
तं मुनिं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्

śrī-sannanda uvāca
pulastya-vacanaṃ śrutvā
sva-suta-sneha-vihvalaḥ
aśru-pūrṇo droṇa-giris
taṃ muniṃ vākyam abravīt

śrī-sannandaḥ uvāca—Śrī Sannanda said; pulastya-vacanam—Pulastya's words; śrutvāhearing; sva-suta-snehawith love for his son; vihvalaḥ—overwhelmed; aśru-pūrṇaḥfilled with tears; droṇa-giriḥ—Mount Droṇa; tam—to him; munim—the sage; vākyam—words; abravīt—spoke.

English translation of verse 2.2.27:

Śrī Sannanda said: Hearing Pulastya's words, Droṇa became filled with love for his son. His eyes filled with tears, he spoke to the sage.

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