Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.4.26, 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:

तल्-लिप्सुर् ब्रह्मणो भूत्वा
ययाचे गां मनोहराम्
तुष्णीं स्थिते गौर् उवाच
वसिष्ठे दिव्य-दर्शने

tal-lipsur brahmaṇo bhūtvā
yayāce gāṃ manoharām
tuṣṇīṃ sthite gaur uvāca
vasiṣṭhe divya-darśane

tat—that; lipsuḥ—desiring; brahmaṇaḥa brahmana; bhūtvā—becoming; yayāce—begged; gām—for the cow; manoharām—beautiful; tuṣṇīm—silence; sthite—situated; gauḥ—the cow; uvāca—said; vasiṣṭhe—to vaiṣṭha; divya-darśane—who had divine vision.

English translation of verse 2.4.26:

Desiring that cow, the demon transformed himself into a brāhmaṇa and begged for the beautiful cow. As Vaiṣṭha, who had divine vision, stood silent, the cow spoke.

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