Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.17.27, 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:

कटाक्षेण सु-दीप्त्या च
वचसा सु-स्मितेन वै
गत्या कृत्य श्रीपतिवद्
दृश्यते साम्प्रतं मया

kaṭākṣeṇa su-dīptyā ca
vacasā su-smitena vai
gatyā kṛtya śrīpativad
dṛśyate sāmprataṃ mayā

katākṣeṇa—with a sidelong glance; su-dīptyā—very splendid; ca—and; vacasā—with words; su-smitena—with a pleasing smile; vai—indeed; gatyā—with gestures; kṛtyadone; śrīpativat—like Lord Nārāyaṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune; dṛśyate—is seen; sāmpratam—now; mayāby Me.

English translation of verse 2.17.27:

I see that Your glistening splendor, Your sidelong glance, Your words, Your pleasing smile, and Your graceful motions are all like those of Lord Nārāyaṇa, the husband of the goddess of fortune.

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