Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.12.31, 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 12 (Subduing Kaliya and Drinking the Forest Fire) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.12.31
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-गोपा ऊचुः
कृष्ण कृष्ण महा-बाहो
शरणागत-वत्सल
पाहि पाहि वने कष्टाद्
दावाग्नेः स्व-जनान् प्रभो
śrī-gopā ūcuḥ
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho
śaraṇāgata-vatsala
pāhi pāhi vane kaṣṭād
dāvāgneḥ sva-janān prabho
śrī-gopāḥ ūcuḥ—the gopas said; kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa—Kṛṣṇa; mahā-bāhaḥ—O mighty-armed śaraṇāgata—to they who take shelter; vatsala—affectionate; pāhi—save; pāhi—save; vane—in the forest; kaṣṭāt—from calamity; dāvāgneḥ—forest fire; sva-janān—your own people; prabhaḥ—O Lord.
English translation of verse 2.12.31:
The gopas said: Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! O mighty-armed one! O Lord affectionate to the surrendered souls who take shelter of You! Save us! Save us, Your own people, from this terrible forest-fire!