Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.8.48, 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:

तं प्रसादयितुं राजन्
ज्वलन्तं सर्वतो दिशम्
लज्जयावाण्-मुखो भूत्वा
ह्य् अवतीर्य स्व-वाहनात्

taṃ prasādayituṃ rājan
jvalantaṃ sarvato diśam
lajjayāvāṇ-mukho bhūtvā
hy avatīrya sva-vāhanāt

tam—Him; prasādayitum—to please; rājanO king; jvalantam—shining; sarvataḥ—in all; diśam—directions; lajjayā—with embarrassment; avāk-mukhaḥsilent; bhūtvā—becoming; hi—indeed; avatīryadescended; sva-vāhanāt—from his carrier.

English translation of verse 2.8.48:

O king, to beg for pardon from the Lord, whose glory filled all directions, Brahmā, speechless with embarrassment, descended from his swan-carrier.

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