Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verses 2.8.3-4, 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 8 (Description of Seeing Lord Krishna) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verses 2.8.3-4
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यावत् वत्सप-वत्सानां
वपुः पाणि-पदादिकान्
यावद् यष्टि-विसनादीन्
यावच् छील-गुणादिकान्
यावद् भूषन-वस्त्रादीन्
तावच् छ्री-हरिणा स्वतः
सर्वं विष्णुमयं विश्वं
इति वाक्यं प्रदर्शितम्
yāvat vatsapa-vatsānāṃ
vapuḥ pāṇi-padādikān
yāvad yaṣṭi-visanādīn
yāvac chīla-guṇādikān
yāvad bhūṣana-vastrādīn
tāvac chrī-hariṇā svataḥ
sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ viśvaṃ
iti vākyaṃ pradarśitam
yāvat—as; vatsapa—gopas; vatsānām—and calves; vapuḥ—forms; pāṇi-padādikān—beginning weith feet and hands; yāvat—as; yaṣṭi—sticks; visana—horns; ādīn—beginning with; yāvac—as; śīla—character; guṇa—and qualities; ādikān—beginning with; yāvat—as; bhūṣana-vastrādīn—beginning with graments and ornaments; tāvac—so; chrī-hariṇā—by Lord Kṛṣṇa; svataḥ—pwrsonally; sarvam—all; viṣṇumayam—consisting of Lord Viṣṇu; viśvam—the universe; iti—thus; vākyam—the statement; pradarśitam—demonstrated.
English translation of verses 2.8.3-4:
Whatever were the gopas' and calves' forms, with their hands, feet, and other parts, whatever were their sticks, horns, and other possessions, whatever were their characters, qualities, and other features, and whatever were their clothes, ornaments, and other things, Lord Kṛṣṇa perfectly copied. In this way He proved the Vedic statement: "sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ viśvam" (The entire universe is Lord Viṣṇu).