Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.6.41, 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 6 (Seeing Shri Mathura) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

श्री-पुरन्ध्र्य ऊचुः
कन्दर्प-कोटि-द्युतिम् आहरंस् त्वरं
स्वैरं चरन् वै मथुरा-पुरे हरिः
निरीक्ष्यते याभिर् अतीव साक्षाद्
अङ्गेषु सर्वेष्व् अपि नः समाविशत्

śrī-purandhrya ūcuḥ
kandarpa-koṭi-dyutim āharaṃs tvaraṃ
svairaṃ caran vai mathurā-pure hariḥ
nirīkṣyate yābhir atīva sākṣād
aṅgeṣu sarveṣv api naḥ samāviśat

śrī-purandhrya ūcuḥ—the women of the city said; kandarpa-koṭi-dyutim—the splendor of millions of Kāmadevas; āharan—eclipsing; tvaram—at once; svairam—independent; caran—walking; vai—indeed; mathurā-pure—in Mathurā City; hariḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa; nirīkṣyate—is seen; yābhiḥ—by whom; atīvagreatly; sākṣātdirectly; aṅgeṣu—on the limbs; sarveṣv—all; api—also; naḥ—of us; samāviśat—entered.

English translation of verse 5.6.41:

The women of Mathurā City said: As we gaze on Lord Kṛṣṇa, eclipsing the glory of millions of Kāmadevas and wandering as He likes in Mathurā City, amorous desires esuddenly enter all limbs of our bodies.

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