Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.13.33, 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 13 (The Arrival of Sri Uddhava) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).

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

क्सनो युगत्वम् व घति मह-मते प्रयति मन्वन्तरतम् व्रजौकसम् यमच् च कल्पम् च दिनम् विन हरिम् वियोग-दुह्खैर् द्वि-परर्धतम् गतम्

ksano yugatvam va ghati maha-mate prayati manvantaratam vrajaukasam yamac ca kalpam ca dinam vina harim viyoga-duhkhair dvi-parardhatam gatam

ksanah—a second; yugatvam—the status of a yuga; va—or; ghatia half-hour; maha-mate—O noble-hearted one; prayatiattains; manvantaratam—the status of a manvantara; vrajaukasam—of the people of Vraja; yamah—three hours; ca—and; kalpam—a kalpa; ca—and; dinam—day; vinawithout; harim—Krsna; viyoga-duhkhaih—with the suffering of separation; dvi-parardhatam—a lifetime of Brahma; gatam—attains.

English translation of verse 5.13.33:

O noble-hearted one, for the people of Vraja suffering in Krsna's absence, a moment has become a yuga, a half-hour has become a manvantara, three hours has become a kalpa, and a day has become a lifetime of Brahma.

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