Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.23, 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 14 (Description of Kaliya’s Story) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.14.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
आसीत् पुरा मुनिः सिद्धः
शौभरिर् नाम नामतः
वृन्दारण्ये तपस् तप्तो
वर्षाणाम् अयुतं जले
āsīt purā muniḥ siddhaḥ
śaubharir nāma nāmataḥ
vṛndāraṇye tapas tapto
varṣāṇām ayutaṃ jale
āsīt—was; purā—before; muniḥ—a sage; siddhaḥ—perfect; śaubhariḥ—Śaubhari; nāma—named; nāmataḥ—named; vṛndāraṇye—in Vṛndāvana; tapas taptaḥ—performed austerities; varṣāṇām—years; ayutam—ten thousand; jale—in the water.
English translation of verse 2.14.23:
In ancient times there was a perfect sage named Śaurabhi Muni who performed austerities for ten thousand years in the waters in Vṛndāvana.