Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.21.34, 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 21 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).
Verse 2.21.34
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
पृष्ठं दत्त्वाथ हरये
तूष्णीम्-भूता स्थिता पुनः
प्रियां मानवतीं राधां
प्राह कृष्णं सतां प्रियः
pṛṣṭhaṃ dattvātha haraye
tūṣṇīm-bhūtā sthitā punaḥ
priyāṃ mānavatīṃ rādhāṃ
prāha kṛṣṇaṃ satāṃ priyaḥ
pṛṣṭham—back; dattvā—giving; atha—then; haraye—to Lord Kṛṣṇa; tūṣṇīm-bhūtā—silent; sthitā—standing; punaḥ—again; priyām—to His beloved; mānavatīm—proud; rādhām—Rādhā; prāha—said; kṛṣṇaḥ——Lord Kṛṣṇa; satām—of the devotees; priyaḥ—the beloved.
English translation of verse 2.21.34:
Turning Her back to Kṛṣṇa, Rādhā stood silent. Then Kṛṣṇa, who is dear to the saintly devotees, spoke to His proud beloved Rādhā.