Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.7.15, 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 7 (Kidnapping of the Calves and Cowherd Boys) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

तत्रैको बालकाः शीघ्रं
कृष्णाय कवलं ददौ
कृष्णस् तु कवलं भुक्त्वा
सर्वान् पश्यन्न् इदं जगौ

tatraiko bālakāḥ śīghraṃ
kṛṣṇāya kavalaṃ dadau
kṛṣṇas tu kavalaṃ bhuktvā
sarvān paśyann idaṃ jagau

tatra—there; ekaḥ—one; bālakāḥboy; śīghram—quickly; kṛṣṇāya—to Kṛṣṇa; kavalama morsel; dadau—gave; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; tu—indeed; kavalam—the morsel; bhuktvāate; sarvān—all; paśyann—seeing; idam—this; jagau—said.

English translation of verse 2.7.15:

Then one boy suddenly gave a morsel to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa ate it, glanced at everyone, and said:

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