Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.3.6, 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 3 (The Story of the Mithila Women) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

तासां वासांसि सन्नीय
भगवान् प्रातर् आगतः
त्वरं कदम्बम् आरुह्य
चौरवन् मौनम् अष्ठितः

tāsāṃ vāsāṃsi sannīya
bhagavān prātar āgataḥ
tvaraṃ kadambam āruhya
cauravan maunam aṣṭhitaḥ

tāsām—of them; vāsāṃsi—the garments; sannīya—taking; bhagavānthe Lord; prātaḥin the morning; āgataḥcome; tvaram—quickly; kadambam—a kadamba tree; āruhya—climbing; cauravat—like a thief; maunam aṣṭhitaḥ—silent.

English translation of verse 4.3.6:

Coming there that morning, Lord Kṛṣṇa silently stole their garments and climbed a kadamba tree.

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