Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.17.10, 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 17 (The Meeting of Shri Radha-Krishna) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

वृषभानु-वरस्यैवं
पश्यन् मन्दिर-कौशलम्
माया-युवति-वेषो ऽसौ
ततो ह्य् अन्तः-पुरं ययौ

vṛṣabhānu-varasyaivaṃ
paśyan mandira-kauśalam
māyā-yuvati-veṣo 'sau
tato hy antaḥ-puraṃ yayau

vṛṣabhānu-varasya—of King Vṛṣabhānu; evam—thus; paśyan—seeing; mandiraof the palace; kauśalam—the glory; māyāfalse; yuvatiof a young girl; veṣaḥ—appearance; asau—then; tataḥ—then; hy—indeed; antaḥ-puraminside the palace; yayau—went.

English translation of verse 2.17.10:

Magically assuming the appearance of a young girl, Kṛṣṇa gazed at the glory of King Vṛṣabhānu's palace, and then entered the women's quarters, . . .

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