Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.9.53, 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 9 (Brahma’s Prayers) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.9.53
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
गोपार्भकाश् च श्री-कृष्णं
वत्सैः सार्धं समागतम्
क्षणार्धं मेनिरे वीक्ष्य
कृष्ण-माया-विमोहिताः
gopārbhakāś ca śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ
vatsaiḥ sārdhaṃ samāgatam
kṣaṇārdhaṃ menire vīkṣya
kṛṣṇa-māyā-vimohitāḥ
gopa—gopa; arbhakāḥ—boys; ca—and; śrī-kṛṣṇam—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; vatsaiḥ—with the calves; sārdham—with; samāgatam—come; kṣaṇa—a moment; ardham—half; menire—considered; vīkṣya—seeing; kṛṣṇa-māyā-vimohitāḥ—bewildered by Kṛṣṇa's illusory potency.
English translation of verse 2.9.53:
Bewildered by Kṛṣṇa's yogamāyā potency, when they saw Kṛṣṇa with the calves, the gopa boys thought He had been gone for only half a moment.