Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.5, 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).
Verse 2.8.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
आत्म-वत्सान् आत्म-गोपैश्
चारयन् क्रीडया हरिः
प्रविशन् नन्द-नगरं
अष्टम्-गिरि-गते रवौ
ātma-vatsān ātma-gopaiś
cārayan krīḍayā hariḥ
praviśan nanda-nagaraṃ
aṣṭam-giri-gate ravau
ātma—self; vatsān—calves; ātma—self; gopaiḥ—with gopas; cārayan—hering; krīḍayā—with pastimes; hariḥ—Kṛṣṇa; praviśan—entered; nanda-nagaram—the village of Nanda; aṣṭam-giri-gate—on the western horizon; ravau—the sun.
English translation of verse 2.8.5:
As the sun was setting on the western horizon, Kṛṣṇa, herding calves that were in truth Himself, and accompanied by gopas that were also Himself, playfully entered Nanda's village.