Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.22.2, 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 22 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

श्री-गोप्य ऊचुः
लोकाभिराम जन-भूषण विश्व-दीप
कन्दर्प-मोहन जगद्-वृजिनार्ति-हारिन्
आनन्द-कन्द यदु-नन्दन नन्द-सूनो
स्वच्छन्द-पद्म-मकरन्द नमो नमस् ते

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
lokābhirāma jana-bhūṣaṇa viśva-dīpa
kandarpa-mohana jagad-vṛjinārti-hārin
ānanda-kanda yadu-nandana nanda-sūno
svacchanda-padma-makaranda namo namas te

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ—the gopīs said; lokaof the worlds; abhirāma—) delight; jana-bhūṣaṇaornament of the people; viśva-dīpalamp of the worlds; kandarpa-mohanamore charming than Kāmadeva; jagatof the worlds; vṛjina—sins; artisufferings; hārin—removing; ānanda—of bliss; kandaO root; yaduof the yadus; nandanaO joy; nanda-sūnaḥ—O son of Nanda; svacchanda—independent; padmalotus; makarandanectar; namaḥ—obeisances; namaḥ—obeisances; te—to You.

English translation of verse 2.22.2:

The gopīs said: O delight of the worlds, O decoration of the people, O lamp of the universe, O Lord more charming than Kāmadeva, O Lord who removes the sufferings sins bring to the worlds, O root of bliss, O delight of the Yadus, O son of Nanda, O independent Lord, O Lord sweeter than honey from the lotus, obeisances, obeisances to You!

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