Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.4.11, 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 4 (The Liberation of Vatsasura) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

श्री-कृष्णो नन्द-नगरे
वृषभानु-पुरे ऽर्भकैः
चचार क्रीडन-परो
गोपीनां प्रीतिम् आवहन्

śrī-kṛṣṇo nanda-nagare
vṛṣabhānu-pure 'rbhakaiḥ
cacāra krīḍana-paro
gopīnāṃ prītim āvahan

śrī-kṛṣṇaḥŚrī Kṛṣṇa; nanda-nagare—in the city of Nanda; vṛṣabhānu-pure—in the city of Vṛṣabhānu; arbhakaiḥ—with the boys; cacāra—went; krīḍana-paraḥ—intent on playing; gopīnām—for the gopīs; prītim—love; āvahan—bearing.

English translation of verse 2.4.11:

Filled with love for the gopīs, and intent on enjoying many pastimes, Śrī Kṛṣṇa wandered in Nanda's city and Vṛṣabhānu's city with the boys.

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