Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.13.29, 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 2.13.29
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
अहं च कमठो भूत्वा
धारयिष्यामि ते तनुम्
महा-भार-मयीं दीर्घं
मा शोचं कुरु मत्-सखे
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
ahaṃ ca kamaṭho bhūtvā
dhārayiṣyāmi te tanum
mahā-bhāra-mayīṃ dīrghaṃ
mā śocaṃ kuru mat-sakhe
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; aham—I; ca—and; kamaṭhaḥ—a turtle; bhūtvā—having become; dhārayiṣyāmi—I will hold up; te—of You; tanum—the form; mahā-bhāra-mayīm—holding a great burden; dīrgham—long; mā—don't; śocam—lament; kuru—do; mat—My; sakhe—friend.
English translation of verse 2.13.29:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: I will become a turtle and then I will hold You up. O My friend, don't be unhappy to hold such a great burden for such a long time.