Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.14.25, 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).

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

तस्मै ददौ हरिः साक्षात्
परां भागवतीं श्रियं
वीक्ष्य तां नृप मान्धाता
विस्मितो ऽभूद् गत-स्मयः

tasmai dadau hariḥ sākṣāt
parāṃ bhāgavatīṃ śriyaṃ
vīkṣya tāṃ nṛpa māndhātā
vismito 'bhūd gata-smayaḥ

tasmai—to him; dadau—gave; hariḥKṛṣṇa; sākṣātdirectly; parām—great; bhāgavatīm—like the LOrd's; śriyam—opulence; vīkṣyaseeing; tām—it; nṛpaO king; māndhātāMandhata; vismitaḥ—astonished; abhūt—became; gata-smayaḥ—humbled.

English translation of verse 2.14.25:

Lord Kṛṣṇa gave Śaurabhi divine wealth and opulence. O king, when Mandhātā Muni saw that opulence, he became humbled and filled with wonder.

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