Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.21.11, 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 21 (Lord Krsna Extinguishes the Forest Fire and Reveals Himself to the Brahmana’s Wives) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.21.11
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्रि-गोपा उचुः
śri-gopā ucuḥ
tvam asy adhico vraja-maṇḍale bali śri-gokule nanda-puro 'gra-daṇḍa-dhrk na vartate daṇḍam alam madhoḥ puri pracaṇḍa-caṇḍāmsu-mahas tava sphurat śri-gopā ucuḥ—the gopas said; tvam—You; asy—are; adhicaḥ—the Lord; vraja-maṇḍale—in the circle of Vraja; bali—powerful; śri-gokule—in Sri Gokula; nanda-puraḥ—in Nanda-pura; agra-daṇḍa-dhrk—the right punish others; na—not; vartate—is; daṇḍam—punishment; alam—enough; madhoḥ puri—in Mathurā; pracaṇḍa-caṇḍāmsu-mahaḥ—glorious and powerful as the blazing sun; tava—by You; sphurat—manifested.
English translation of verse 4.21.11:
The gopas said: You are the powerful ruler in the circle of Vraja. In Sri Gokula and in Nandapura You have the right to punish others. In this land of Mathurā You are glorious and powerful and the blazing son. There is not punishment enough that You can give to these people.