Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.4.4, 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 4 (The Journey to Shri Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

श्रुत्वा वंशी-ध्वनिं राधा
सहसोत्थाय चातुरा
नेत्र उन्मील्य ददृशे
श्री-गोविन्दं समागतम्

śrutvā vaṃśī-dhvaniṃ rādhā
sahasotthāya cāturā
netra unmīlya dadṛśe
śrī-govindaṃ samāgatam

śrutvāhearing; vaṃśī-dhvanim—the sound of the flute; rādhāRādhā; sahasāat once; utthāyarising; ca—and; aturā—agitated; netre—eyes; unmīlyaopening; dadṛśe—saw; śrī-govindam—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; samāgatam—come.

English translation of verse 5.4.4:

When She heard the flute-music, Rādhā became conscious again. Agitated, She opened Her eyes and saw that Lord Kṛṣṇa had come.

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