Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.3.14, 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 3 (Description of the Yamuna’s Arrival) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.3.14
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
परिपूर्णतमं साक्षच्
छ्री-कृष्णं वरम् इच्छन्ती
धृत्वा वपुः परं दिव्यं
तपस् तेपे कलिन्दजा
paripūrṇatamaṃ sākṣac
chrī-kṛṣṇaṃ varam icchantī
dhṛtvā vapuḥ paraṃ divyaṃ
tapas tepe kalindajā
paripūrṇatamam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sākṣac—directly; chrī-kṛṣṇam—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; varam—as her husband; icchanti—wishing; dhṛtvā—manifesting; vapuḥ—a form; param—then; divyam—transcendental; tapaḥ—austerity; tepe—performed; kalindajā—the Yamunā.
English translation of verse 2.3.14:
Wishing to attain Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead, as her husband, the Kālindī assumed a splendid spiritual form and performed great austerities.