Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 2.25.5, 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).
Verse 2.25.5
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-द्वार-पालिका ऊचुः
सर्वतो वृन्दकारण्यं
कोटिशः कोटिशो वयम्
रास-रक्षां सदा कुर्मो
न्यस्ता कृष्णेन भो द्विजौ
śrī-dvāra-pālikā ūcuḥ
sarvato vṛndakāraṇyaṃ
koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo vayam
rāsa-rakṣāṃ sadā kurmo
nyastā kṛṣṇena bho dvijau
śrī-dvāra-pālikā ūcuḥ—the gatekeepers said; sarvataḥ—everywhere; vṛndakāraṇyam—in Vṛndāvana; koṭiśaḥ koṭiśaḥ—in millions and millions; vayam—we; rāsa-rakṣām—protecting the rasa dance; sadā—always; kurmaḥ—do; nyastā—placed; kṛṣṇena—by Lord Kṛṣṇa; bhaḥ—O; dvijau—brāhmaṇas.
English translation of verse 2.25.5:
The entrance guards said: There are many millions of millions of us everywhere in Vṛndāvana. Appointed by Lord Kṛṣṇa, we eternally guard the rāsa dance.