Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.41, 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 2.8.41
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
एवं विलोक्य ब्रह्मा तु
जदो भूत्वा स्थिरो ऽभवत्
वृन्दावद् वृन्दकारण्ये
प्रादृश्येत यथा तथा
evaṃ vilokya brahmā tu
jado bhūtvā sthiro 'bhavat
vṛndāvad vṛndakāraṇye
prādṛśyeta yathā tathā
evam—thus; vilokya—seeing; brahmā—Brahma; tu—indeed; jadaḥ—stunned; bhūtvā—becoming; sthiraḥ—stationary; abhavat—became; vṛndāvat—like a tulasī plant; vṛndakāraṇye—in Vṛndāvana forest; prādṛśyeta—was seen; yathā—as; tathā—so.
English translation of verse 2.8.41:
Gazing at this, Brahmā became stunned. He looked like an unmoving tulasī plant in Vṛndāvana forest.