Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.6.42, 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).
Verse 5.6.42
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-कुशला ऊचुः
क्रूराः स्त्रियः किं न हि सन्ति पट्टने
निरीक्ष्यते याभिर् अनङ्ग-मोहिताः
अङ्गेषु सर्वेष्व् अपि सर्व-सुन्दरो
नास्माभिर् आनन्दमयो निरीक्ष्यते
śrī-kuśalā ūcuḥ
krūrāḥ striyaḥ kiṃ na hi santi paṭṭane
nirīkṣyate yābhir anaṅga-mohitāḥ
aṅgeṣu sarveṣv api sarva-sundaro
nāsmābhir ānandamayo nirīkṣyate
śrī-kuśalā ūcuḥ—krūrāḥ striyaḥ kiṃ na hi santi paṭṭane nirīkṣyate yābhir anaṅga-mohitāḥ aṅgeṣu sarveṣv api sarva-sundaro nāsmābhir ānandamayo nirīkṣyate Thw wise women of Mathurā said: Are women hard-hearted? Not in this city.
Gazing at Lord Kṛṣṇa, we have become bewildered with love for Him. We have never seen limbs as handsome and delightful as His.