Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.15.31, 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 15 (Description of Shri Radha-Krishna’s Falling in Love) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.15.31
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
यथा हि भाण्डीरवने मनोरथो
बभूव तस्या हि तथा भविष्यति
अहैतुकं प्रेम च सद्भिर् आश्रितं
तच् चापि सन्तः किल निर्गुणं विदुः
yathā hi bhāṇḍīravane manoratho
babhūva tasyā hi tathā bhaviṣyati
ahaitukaṃ prema ca sadbhir āśritaṃ
tac cāpi santaḥ kila nirguṇaṃ viduḥ
yathā—as; hi—indeed; bhāṇḍīravane—in Bhandiravana; manorathaḥ—the desire; babhūva—was; tasya—of Her; hi—indeed; tathā—so; bhaviṣyati—will be; ahaitukam—causeless; prema—love; ca—and; sadbhiḥ—by the saintly devotees; āśritam—sheltered; tac—that; ca—and; api—also; santaḥ—the devotees; kila—indeed; nirguṇam—beyond the modes of nature; viduḥ—know.
English translation of verse 2.15.31:
The desire She felt in Bhāṇḍīravana forest will be fulfilled. Saintly devotees take shelter of pure unalloyed love for Me. Saintly devotees know that love for Me is beyond the touch of the matter.