Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.1.13, 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 3.1.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
तेषां मध्ये ऽथ सन्नन्दो
गोपो वृद्धो ऽति-नीति-वित्
अति-प्रसन्नः श्री-कृष्णं
अह नन्दस्य शृण्वतः
śrī-nārada uvāca
teṣāṃ madhye 'tha sannando
gopo vṛddho 'ti-nīti-vit
ati-prasannaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ
aha nandasya śṛṇvataḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; teṣām—of them; madhye—in the midst; atha—then; sannandaḥ—Sannanda; gopaḥ—gopa; vṛddhaḥ—elderly; ati-nīti-vit—learned in the principles of proper conduct; ati-prasannaḥ—very happy; śrī-kṛṣṇam—to Śrī Kṛṣṇa; aha—said; nandasya—of Nanda; śṛṇvataḥ—listening.
English translation of verse 3.1.13:
Śrī Nārada said: Among them the elderly gopa Sannanda, who throughly knew the real principles of religion, became very pleased. As bewildered Nanda listened, Sannanda spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa.