Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.22.23, 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:

दुःखिता भवतीर् ज्ञात्वा
निद्रं त्यक्त्वा ततः प्रियाः
सहसा भक्त-वश्यो ऽहं
पुनर् आगतवान् इह

duḥkhitā bhavatīr jñātvā
nidraṃ tyaktvā tataḥ priyāḥ
sahasā bhakta-vaśyo 'haṃ
punar āgatavān iha

duḥkhitāunhappy; bhavatīḥYou; j 24ātvā—understanding; nidram—sleep; tyaktvāleaving; tataḥthen; priyāḥO beloveds; sahasāat once; bhaktaby devotion; vaśyaḥconquered; aham—I; punaḥ—again; āgatavān—came; iha—here.

English translation of verse 2.22.23:

O My beloveds, when I became aware that You were suffering, I left my nap and came here at once. Your pure devotion has transformed Me into your submissive servant.

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