Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.25.4, 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 25 (The Rasa-dance Pastime) of Canto 2 (vrindavana-khanda).

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

ताव् ऊचतुश् चागतौ स्वः
कृष्ण-दर्शन-लालसौ
ताव् आहुर् नृप-शार्दूल
मार्ग-स्था द्वार-पालिकाः

tāv ūcatuś cāgatau svaḥ
kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasau
tāv āhur nṛpa-śārdūla
mārga-sthā dvāra-pālikāḥ

tau ūcatuḥ—they said; ca—and; āgatau—come; svaḥ—own; kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasau—yeanring to see Kṛṣṇa; tau—they; āhuḥ—said; nṛpa-śārdūlaO tiger of kings; mārga-sthāstanding on the path; dvāra-pālikāḥ—the doorkeepers.

English translation of verse 2.25.4:

The two of them said, "Yearning to see Lord Kṛṣṇa, we have come here". O tiger of kings, as they blocked the path, the entrance-guards spoke to them.

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