Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.23.31, 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 23 (The Killing of Shankhacuda During the Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

व्रजाङ्गना-यूथ-पतिं व्रजेश्वरं
सु-सेवितं चामर-च्छत्र-कोटिभिः
विज्ञाय कृष्णं ह्य् अति-कोमलं शिशुं
गोपीं समहार्तुम् अलं मनो ऽकरोत्

vrajāṅganā-yūtha-patiṃ vrajeśvaraṃ
su-sevitaṃ cāmara-cchatra-koṭibhiḥ
vijñāya kṛṣṇaṃ hy ati-komalaṃ śiśuṃ
gopīṃ samahārtum alaṃ mano 'karot

vrajāṅganā-yūtha-patim—the master of the girls of Vraja; vrajeśvaram—trhe master of Vraja; su-sevitam—served; cāmara-cchatra-koṭibhiḥ—with ten million parasols and camaras; vijñāya—thinking; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; hy—indeed; ati-komalam—very delicate; śiśum—boy; gopīṃa gopī; samahārtum—to abduct; alamgreatly; manaḥ—mind; akarot—did.

English translation of verse 2.23.31:

. . . who was the master of Vraja and Vraja's girls, and who was served with ten million parasols and cāmaras. Thinking Kṛṣṇa only a fragile boy, Śaṅkhacūḍa decided to kidnap one of the gopīs.

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