Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.46, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

ततश् च वृन्दकारण्ये
स-पाणि-कवलं विधिः
वत्सान् सखीन् विचिन्वन्तं
एकं कृष्णं ददर्श सः

tataś ca vṛndakāraṇye
sa-pāṇi-kavalaṃ vidhiḥ
vatsān sakhīn vicinvantaṃ
ekaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dadarśa saḥ

tataḥthen; ca—and; vṛndakāraṇye—in Vṛndāvana forest; sa-pāṇi-kavalamwith a handful of food; vidhiḥ—Brahma; vatsān—the calves; sakhīn—friends; vicinvantam—searching; ekam—alone; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; dadarśa—saw; saḥ—he.

English translation of verse 2.8.46:

Then Brahmā saw Kṛṣṇa, with a morsel of food in His hand, searching for His calves and friends in Vṛndāvana forest.

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