Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verses 2.18.20-21, 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:

श्री-राधोवाच
यत्-प्राप्तये विधि-हर-प्रमुखास् तपन्ति
वह्नौ तपः परमया निज-योग-रीत्या
दत्तः शुकः कपिल आसुरिर् अङ्गिरा यत्-
पादारविन्द-मकरन्द-रजः स्पृशन्ति
तं कृष्णम् आदि-पुरुषं परिपूर्ण-देवं
लीलावतारम् अजम् अर्ति-हरं जनानाम्
भू-भूरि-हार-भरणाय सतां शुभाय
जातं विनिन्दसि कथं सखि दुर्विनीते

śrī-rādhovāca
yat-prāptaye vidhi-hara-pramukhās tapanti
vahnau tapaḥ paramayā nija-yoga-rītyā
dattaḥ śukaḥ kapila āsurir aṅgirā yat-
pādāravinda-makaranda-rajaḥ spṛśanti
taṃ kṛṣṇam ādi-puruṣaṃ paripūrṇa-devaṃ
līlāvatāram ajam arti-haraṃ janānām
bhū-bhūri-hāra-bharaṇāya satāṃ śubhāya
jātaṃ vinindasi kathaṃ sakhi durvinīte

śrī-rādhā uvāca—Śrī Rādhā said; yat-prāptaye—to attain whom; vidhi-hara-pramukhāḥ—headed by Brahmā and Śiva; tapanti—perform austerities; vahnau—in the fire; tapaḥburning; paramayā—with great; nija-yoga-rītyā—yoga activities; dattaḥDattātreya; śukaḥŚukadeva; kapilaKapila; āsuriḥAsuri; aṅgirāand Aṅgirā; yat—of whom; pādāravinda—of the lotus feet; makaranda-rajaḥthe pollen; spṛśanti—touch; tam—Him; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; ādi-puruṣam—the original Supreme Personality of Godhead; paripūrṇa-devam—the perfect Lord; līlāvatāram—who has descended to enjoy transcendental pastimes; ajam—unborn; artiof miseries; haram—the remover; janānām—of the people; bhū—of the earth; bhūrithe great; bhāraburden; haraṇāya——to remove; satām—of the devotees; śubhāya—for the welfare; jātam—born; vinindasi—You criticise; katham—why?; sakhiO friend; durvinīte—uncivilized and foolish.

English translation of verses 2.18.20-21:

Śrī Rādhā said: Foolish friend, why do You criticize Lord Kṛṣṇa, the original and perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead who, to enjoy pastimes, remove the earth's burden, and bring auspiciousness to the devotees, has descended to the earth, to attain whom Brahmā Śiva and all the demigods perform great yoga austerities, and the honey pollen of whose lotus feet Dattātreya, Śukadeva, Kapila, Asuri, and Aṅgirā touch?

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