Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.17.31, 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 17 (The Meeting of Shri Radha-Krishna) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.17.31
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
रम्भोरु नन्द-नगरे
नन्द-गेहस्य चोत्तरे
गोकुले वसतिर् मे ऽस्ति
नाम्नाहं गोपदेवता
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
rambhoru nanda-nagare
nanda-gehasya cottare
gokule vasatir me 'sti
nāmnāhaṃ gopadevatā
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; rambhoru—O girl whose thighs are like banana trees; nanda-nagare—in the city of nanda; nanda-gehasya—of Nanda's home; ca—and; uttare—in the north; gokule—in Gokula; vasatiḥ—home; me—My; asti—is; nāmnā—by name; aham—I; gopadevatā—Gopadevatā.
English translation of verse 2.17.31:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O girl whose thighs are graceful as banana trees, I live in Gokula, just north of Nanda's palace in Nandanagara. My name is Gopadevatā.