Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.11.13, 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 11 (The Story of the Gopis That were Residents of Rama-vaikuntha, Shvetadvipa, Urdhva-vaikuntha, Ajita-pada, and Shri Lokacala) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.11.13
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-गोप्य ऊचुः
कस् त्वं योगिन् नाम किं ते
कुत्र वासस् तु ते मुने
का वृत्तिस् तव का सिद्धिर्
वद नो वदतं वर
śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
kas tvaṃ yogin nāma kiṃ te
kutra vāsas tu te mune
kā vṛttis tava kā siddhir
vada no vadataṃ vara
śrī-gopya ūcuḥ—the gopīs said; kaḥ—who?; tvam—You; yogin—O yogi; nāma—name; kim—what?; te—of You; kutra—where; vāsaḥ—residence; tu—indfeed; te—of You; mune—O sage; kā—what?; vṛttiḥ—activity; tava—of You; kā—what?; siddhiḥ—perfection; vada—tell; naḥ—to us; vadatām—of speakers; vara—O best.
English translation of verse 4.11.13:
The gopīs said: O yogī, who are You? What is Your name? O sage, where do You live? What do You do? What mystic powers have You attained? O best of eloquent speakers, please tell us.