Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 2.25.6, 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:

एको ऽस्ति पुरुषः कृष्णो
निर्जने रास-मण्डले
अन्यो न याति रहसि
गोपी-यूथं विना क्वचित्

eko 'sti puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇo
nirjane rāsa-maṇḍale
anyo na yāti rahasi
gopī-yūthaṃ vinā kvacit

ekaḥ—one; astiis; puruṣaḥmale; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; nirjane—secluded; rāsa-maṇḍale—in the rasa-dance circle; anyaḥ—another; na—not; yātigoes; rahasi—in secret; gopī-yūtham—gopīs; vināwithout; kvacit—anywhere.

English translation of verse 2.25.6:

In this secluded rāsa-dance circle Kṛṣṇa is the only male. Except for Him there are only gopīs here.

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