Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.14.23, 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 14 (The Meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava) of Canto 5 (mathura-khanda).
Verse 5.14.23
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
अहो कस्तम् स्नेहवतम् दुर्निवरम् मह-मते किम् करोमि विन पुत्रम् कथम् जिवमि मनद
aho kastam snehavatam durnivaram maha-mate kim karomi vina putram katham jivami manada
ahah—O; kastam—a calamity; snehavatam—of they who love; durnivaram—cannot be stopped; maha-mate—O noble-hearted one; kim—what?; karomi—I do; vina—without; putram—son; katham—how?; jivami—I live; manada—O respectful one.
English translation of verse 5.14.23:
O noble-hearted one, for they who love Him, this is a great calamity. O gentle one, what will I do without my son? How can I live?