Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 5.14.25, 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 5.14.25
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
मध्यह्ने स कथम् क्र्स्नो भोजनम् कर्तुम् अर्हति ममत्मजो ऽयम् स्रि-क्र्स्नो जिवनम् व्रज-वसिनम् व्रजे धनम् कुले दिपो मोहनो बल-लिलय
madhyahne sa katham krsno bhojanam kartum arhati mamatmajo 'yam sri-krsno jivanam vraja-vasinam vraje dhanam kule dipo mohano bala-lilaya
madhyahne—at midday; sa—He; katham—how?; krsnah—Krsna; bhojanam—eating; kartum—to do; arhati—able; mama—my; atmajah—son; ayam—he; sri-krsnah—Sri Krsna; jivanam—the life; vraja-vasinam—of the people of Vraja; vraje—in Vraja; dhanam—the wealth; kule—in the family; dipah—the lamp; mohanah—charming; bala-lilaya—with childhood pastimes.
English translation of verse 5.14.25:
How He could eat at lunchtime! My son, Sri Krsna, is the wealth of Vraja, the life of Vraja's people, and a brilliant lamp shining in His family. He is so sweet and so playful.