Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.2.9, 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).
Verse 3.2.9
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
भय-भीता गोप-मुख्याः
स-कुटुम्बा जिगीषवः
शिशून् स्वान् स्वान् पुरस्कृत्य
नन्द-मन्दिरम् आययुः
bhaya-bhītā gopa-mukhyāḥ
sa-kuṭumbā jigīṣavaḥ
śiśūn svān svān puraskṛtya
nanda-mandiram āyayuḥ
bhaya-bhītā—terrified; gopa-mukhyāḥ—the gopas; sa-kuṭumbā—with their families; jigīṣavaḥ—wishing to be safe; śiśūn—children; svān svānpown; puraskṛtya—placing in front; nanda-mandiram—to Nanda's palace; āyayuḥ—came.
English translation of verse 3.2.9:
Wishing to save themselves, the gopas and their families, with the children in front, ran to Nanda's palace.