Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.9, 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 2.13.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-वेदशिरा उवाच
त्वं महा-दुरभिप्रायो
लघु-द्रोहे महोद्यमः
कार्यार्थी काक इव कौ
त्वं काको भव दुर्मते
śrī-vedaśirā uvāca
tvaṃ mahā-durabhiprāyo
laghu-drohe mahodyamaḥ
kāryārthī kāka iva kau
tvaṃ kāko bhava durmate
śrī-vedaśirā uvāca—Śrī Vedasira said; tvam—you; mahā-durabhiprāyaḥ—don't understand anything; laghu—for a slight; drohe—offense; mahā-great; udyamaḥ—endeavor; kāryārthī—wishing to do; kāka—a crow; iva—like; kau—on the earth; tvam—you; kākaḥ—a crow; bhava—become; durmate—O fool.
English translation of verse 2.13.9:
Śrī Vedaśirā said: Fool, for a slight offense you plot a great revenge! On this earth you are like a crow. Fool, become a crow!