Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 4.23.7, 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 23 (The Story of Sudarcana) of Canto 4 (madhurya-khanda).
Verse 4.23.7
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मह्यम् चापम् ददौ सो ऽपि त्वम् सर्पो भव दुर्मते तच्-छापाद् अद्य मुक्तो ऽहम् क्र्पया तव माधव
mahyam cāpam dadau so 'pi tvam sarpo bhava durmate tac-chāpād adya mukto 'ham krpayā tava mādhava
mahyam—to me; cāpam—acurse; dadau—gave; saḥ—he; api—also; tvam—you; sarpaḥ—a snake; bhava—become; durmate—O fool; tat-cāpāt—from his curse; adya—today; muktaḥ—free; aham—I am; krpayā—by the mercy; tava—of You; mādhava—O Krsna.
English translation of verse 4.23.7:
He cursed me, "Fool! Now become a snake!" O Krsna, by Your mercy I am today freed from that curse.