Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.3.30, 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 5 of Chapter 3 (Akrura’s Arrival) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

श्री-कृष्ण गोविन्द हरे मुरारे
काश्चिद् वदन्त्यः स्व-गृहे ऽति-विह्वलाः
विसृज्य कर्माणि गृहस्य सर्वतो
योगीव चानन्द-गता नृपेश्वर

śrī-kṛṣṇa govinda hare murāre
kāścid vadantyaḥ sva-gṛhe 'ti-vihvalāḥ
visṛjya karmāṇi gṛhasya sarvato
yogīva cānanda-gatā nṛpeśvara

śrī-kṛṣṇaŚrī Kṛṣṇa; govindaGovinda; hareHari; murāre—Maurāri; kāścit—some; vadantyaḥ—saying; sva-gṛhe—in their own home; ati-vihvalāḥ—very upset; visṛjyaabandoning; karmāṇi—their duties; gṛhasya—of the home; sarvataḥ—everywhere; yogīa yogi; iva—like; ca—and; ānandabliss; gatāḥ—attained; nṛpeśvara—O king of kings.

English translation of verse 5.3.30:

O king of kings, some gopīs became very upset. In their homes they called out,

"O Śrī Kṛṣṇa! O Govinda! O Hari! O Murāri!" Neglecting their household duties they sat down like yogīs fixed in a trance of bliss.

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