Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.8, 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 13 (The Story of Shesha) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.13.8
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्वसन् सर्प इव त्वं भो
वृथा क्रोधं करोषि हि
तदा सर्पो भव त्वं हि
भूयात् ते गरुडाद् भयम्
śvasan sarpa iva tvaṃ bho
vṛthā krodhaṃ karoṣi hi
tadā sarpo bhava tvaṃ hi
bhūyāt te garuḍād bhayam
śvasan—hissing; sarpa—a snake; iva—like; tvam—you; bhaḥ—O; vṛthā—uselessly; krodham—angry; karoṣi—are; hi—indeed; tadā—then; sarpaḥ—a snake; bhava—become; tvam—you; hi—indeed; bhūyāt—may be; te—of you; garuḍāt—from garuḍa; bhayam—fear.
English translation of verse 2.13.8:
You are angry for no reason. You hiss as if you were a snake. Become a snake!
You will be terrified of Garuḍa.