Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.2.28, 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 2.2.28
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-द्रोण उवाच
पुत्र-स्नेहाकुलो ऽहं वै
पुत्रो मे ऽयम् अति-प्रियः
ते शाप-भय-भीतो ऽहं
वदाम्य् एनं महा-मुने
śrī-droṇa uvāca
putra-snehākulo 'haṃ vai
putro me 'yam ati-priyaḥ
te śāpa-bhaya-bhīto 'haṃ
vadāmy enaṃ mahā-mune
śrī-droṇaḥ uvāca—Śrī Droṇa said; putra-snehākulaḥ—filled with love for my son; aham—I am; vai—indeed; putraḥ—son; me—my; ayam—he; ati-priyaḥ—very dear; te—of you; śāpa—of the curse; bhaya-bhītaḥ—afraid; aham—I; vadāmy—say; enam—this; mahā-mune—O great sage.
English translation of verse 2.2.28:
Śrī Droṇa said: I am filled with love for my son. My son is very dear to me. O great sage, I fear your curse. Let me speak to him.