Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.37, 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 2.8.37
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
वत्सपालापहरणात्
किम् अभूज् जगतः पतेः
अहो खद्योत-वद् वेधा
श्री-कृष्ण-रवि-सम्मुखे
vatsapālāpaharaṇāt
kim abhūj jagataḥ pateḥ
aho khadyota-vad vedhā
śrī-kṛṣṇa-ravi-sammukhe
vatsapāla—of the gopas; apaharaṇāt—from kidnapping; kim—what?; abhūt—was; jagataḥ—of the universe; pateḥ—the master; ahaḥ—Oh; khadyota-vat—like a firefly; vedhā—Brahmā; śrī-kṛṣṇa—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; ravi—the sun; sammukhe—before.
English translation of verse 2.8.37:
What happened to Brahmā, the master of the universe, after he stole the gopas?
The creator Brahmā became like a firefly standing before the sun of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.