Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 3.6.25, 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 6 (The Test of Shri Krishna) of Canto 3 (giriraja-khanda).
Verse 3.6.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
इत्थं विचार्य नन्दो ऽपि
कृष्णं पप्रच्छ सादरम्
प्रहसन् भगवान् नन्दं
प्राह गोवर्धनोद्धरः
śrī-nārada uvāca
itthaṃ vicārya nando 'pi
kṛṣṇaṃ papraccha sādaram
prahasan bhagavān nandaṃ
prāha govardhanoddharaḥ
śrī-nārada uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; ittham—thus; vicārya—considering; nandaḥ—Nanda; api—also; kṛṣṇam—Kṛṣṇa; papraccha—asked; sādaram—respectfully; prahasan—laughing; bhagavān—the Lord; nandam—to Nanda; prāha—said; govardhanoddharaḥ—the lifter of Govardhana Hill.
English translation of verse 3.6.25:
Śrī Nārada said: Thinking in this way, Nanda asked Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa, the lifter of Govardhana Hill, smiled and respectfully spoke to King Nanda.