Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.9.53, 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 9 (The Happiness of the Yadus) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

तत्र स्थित्वा हरिर् देवो
दिनान्य् अष्टौ विदेह-राट्
आययौ शौरि-भवनं
लीला-मानुस-विग्रहः

tatra sthitvā harir devo
dināny aṣṭau videha-rāṭ
āyayau śauri-bhavanaṃ
līlā-mānusa-vigrahaḥ

tatra—there; sthitvā—staying; hariḥLord Kṛṣṇa; devaḥthe Lord; dināny—days; aṣṭau—eight; videha-rāṭ—O kin gof Videha; āyayau—came; śauri-bhavanam—to Vasudweva's palace; līlā-mānusa-vigrahaḥ—the Lord who enjoys pastimes as a human being.

English translation of verse 5.9.53:

O king of Videha, after staying there for eight days, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead who enjoys pastimes like those of a human being, returned to Vasudeva's palace.

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