Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.3.17, 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 2.3.17
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-गोलोके च यमुना
युथी-भूत्वाति-सुन्दरी
श्री-कृष्णचन्द्र-रासार्थं
निज-वासं चकार ह
śrī-goloke ca yamunā
yuthī-bhūtvāti-sundarī
śrī-kṛṣṇacandra-rāsārthaṃ
nija-vāsaṃ cakāra ha
śrī-goloke—on Śrī Goloka; ca—and; yamunā—Yamunā; yuthī-bhūtvā—becoming a leader of many gopīs; ati—very; sundarī—beautiful; śrī-kṛṣṇacandra—of Lord Kṛṣṇacandra; rāsa—the rasa dance; artham—for the purpose; nija—own; vāsam—home; cakāra—did; ha—indeed.
English translation of verse 2.3.17:
As the very beautiful leader of many gopīs, Śrī Yamunā made her home in Śrī Goloka to perform the rāsa dance with Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra.