Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.1.21, 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 4 of Chapter 1 (The Story of the Personified Vedas) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.1.21
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-भगवान् उवाच
अवश्यम् एव गन्तव्यं
भवतीभिर् यदा प्रियाः
यमुनाम् एत्य चैतद् वै
वक्तव्यं मार्ग-हेतवे
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
avaśyam eva gantavyaṃ
bhavatībhir yadā priyāḥ
yamunām etya caitad vai
vaktavyaṃ mārga-hetave
śrī-bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; avaśyam—unavoidably; eva—indeed; gantavyam—should be gone; bhavatībhiḥ—by you; yadā—when; priyāḥ—O beloveds; yamunām—the Yamunā; etya—crossing; ca—and; etat—this; vai—indeed; vaktavyam—should be said; mārga-hetave—to make a path.
English translation of verse 4.1.21:
The Supreme Lord said: O My beloveds, you must go to see him. When you come to the Yamunā, speak these words: