Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.11.18, 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 4.11.18
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-सिद्ध उवाच
भावतीनां च कर्णान्ते
कथनीयम् इदं वचः
युस्मद्-आज्ञया वा वक्ष्ये
सर्वेषां शृण्वताम् इह
śrī-siddha uvāca
bhāvatīnāṃ ca karṇānte
kathanīyam idaṃ vacaḥ
yusmad-ājñayā vā vakṣye
sarveṣāṃ śṛṇvatām iha
śrī-siddha uvāca—the perfect yogi said; bhāvatīnām—of you; ca—and; karṇānte—whispered into the ear; kathanīyam—should be spoken; idam—this; vacaḥ—word; yusmad-ājñayā—by your order; vā—or; vakṣye—I will speak aloud; sarveṣām—of all; śṛṇvatām—listening; iha—here.
English translation of verse 4.11.18:
The perfect yogī said: The answer to this question I will now whisper in each girl's ear, or, if you request, I will speak it aloud so all may hear.