Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.1, 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 3 of Chapter 1 (The Worship of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.1.1
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-बहुलाश्व उवाच
कथं दधार भगवान्
गिरिं गोवर्धनं वरम्
उच्छिलीन्ध्रं यथा बालो
हस्तेनैकेन लीलया
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca
kathaṃ dadhāra bhagavān
giriṃ govardhanaṃ varam
ucchilīndhraṃ yathā bālo
hastenaikena līlayā
śrī-bahulāśva uvāca—Śrī Bahulāśva said; katham—why?; dadhāra—lifted; bhagavān—the Lord; girim—Hill; govardhanam—Govardhana; varam—best; ucchilīndhram—a mushroom; yathā—as; bālaḥ—achild; hastenaikena—with one hand; līlayā—playfully.
English translation of verse 3.1.1:
Śrī Bahulāśva said: Why did Lord Kṛṣṇa lift Govardhana Hill as a child playfully lifts a mushroom.