Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 4.7.8, 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 7 (The Story of the Ayodhya Women) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).

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

जानासि सर्वं जन-चैत्त्य-भावं
क्षेत्र-ज्ञ आत्मा कृति-वृन्द-साक्षी
तथापि वक्ष्ये नृप-वाक्यम् उक्तं
परं रहस्यं रहसि स्व-धर्मम्

jānāsi sarvaṃ jana-caittya-bhāvaṃ
kṣetra-jña ātmā kṛti-vṛnda-sākṣī
tathāpi vakṣye nṛpa-vākyam uktaṃ
paraṃ rahasyaṃ rahasi sva-dharmam

jānāsi—You understand; sarvam—everything; jana-caittya-bhāvam—that is in the hearts of the living entities; kṣetrathe field of activities; jñaḥ—knowing; ātmāthe Supersoul; kṛti-vṛndaof pious actions; sākṣīthe witness; tathāpi—still; vakṣye—I will say; nṛpa-vākyam—the king's words; uktam—spoken; param—then; rahasyam—secret; rahasi—in a secret place; sva-dharmam—own religion.

English translation of verse 4.7.8:

As the Supersoul You are the witness that looks into everyone's heart. You know everything. Still, in this secluded place I will repeat King Vimala's confidential message.

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