Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.18.17, 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 18 (The Sight of Shri Krishnacandra) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

भाण्डं स भित्त्वा दधि किं च पीत्वा
नीत्वोत्तरीयं मम चेद् उरीयम्
नन्दीश्वराद्रेर् विदिशं जगाम
तेनाहम् आराद् विमनाः स्म जाता

bhāṇḍaṃ sa bhittvā dadhi kiṃ ca pītvā
nītvottarīyaṃ mama ced urīyam
nandīśvarādrer vidiśaṃ jagāma
tenāham ārād vimanāḥ sma jātā

bhāṇḍaṃthe pot; sa—He; bhittvā—breaking; dadhiyogurt; kiṃ ca—furthermore; pītvādrinking; nītvā—taking; uttarīyam—bodice; mama—My; cet—if; urīyam—on the breasts; nandīśvarādreḥ—of Nandīśvara Hill; vidiśam—in the direction; jagāma—went; tena—by Him; aham—I; ārāt—from afar; vimanāḥ—depressed; sma—indeed; jātābecome.

English translation of verse 2.18.17:

After breaking the pot, He drank the yogurt, grabbed My bodice, and then ran off toward Nandīśvara Hill. That is why I am unhappy.

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