Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.13, 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 2.8.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
स-रामश् चैकधा वत्सांश्
चारण्यं चारयन् ययौ
हायनापूरणीष्व् अत्र
पञ्चषासु च रत्रिषु
sa-rāmaś caikadhā vatsāṃś
cāraṇyaṃ cārayan yayau
hāyanāpūraṇīṣv atra
pañcaṣāsu ca ratriṣu
sa-rāmaḥ—with Balarām; ca—and; ekadhā—one day; vatsān—trhe calves; ca—and; āraṇyam—to the forest; cārayan—herding; yayau—went; hāyana—one year; apūraṇīṣu—unfulfilled; atra—there; pañcaṣāsu—five; ca—and; ratriṣu—nights.
English translation of verse 2.8.13:
On the day when there were only five nights remaining to complete the year, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma went to the forest as They herded the calves.