Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.22, 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 2 (The Great Festival of Shri Giriraja) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).

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

गोपाल-गोपी-गण-वृन्द-मुख्या
ऊचुः स्वयं वीक्ष्य गिरेः प्रभावम्
दातुं वरं तत्र समुद्यतं तं
सु-विस्मिता हर्षित-मानसास् ते

gopāla-gopī-gaṇa-vṛnda-mukhyā
ūcuḥ svayaṃ vīkṣya gireḥ prabhāvam
dātuṃ varaṃ tatra samudyataṃ taṃ
su-vismitā harṣita-mānasās te

gopālagopas; gopīgopīs; gaṇa-vṛndamultitudes; mukhyāgeaded by; ūcuḥ—said; svayam—personally; vīkṣyaseeing; gireḥ—of the hill; prabhāvam—the power; dātum—to give; varamblessing; tatra—there; samudyatam—eager; tam—that; su-vismitāastonished; harṣitadelighted; mānasāḥ—at heart; te—they.

English translation of verse 3.2.22:

Seeing Govardhana Hill's great power and opulence, and their hearts full of joy and wonder, the gopas and gopīs asked the hill to grant them a benediction.

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