Garga Samhita (English)

by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words

The Garga-samhita Verse 5.14.28, 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).

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

हे मोहनेति दुरत् तम् अग्कम् नित्वथ ललनम् चकर नन्द-रजो ऽयम् तम् विन खिन्नतम् गतह्

he mohaneti durat tam agkam nitvatha lalanam cakara nanda-rajo 'yam tam vina khinnatam gatah

he—O; mohanacharming boy; iti—thus; durat—from afar; tam—Him; agkam—on the lap; nitva—placing; athathen; lalanam—caress; cakaradid; nanda-rajah—King Nanda; ayamhe; tam—Him; vinawithout; khinnatam—sadness; gatah -attained.

English translation of verse 5.14.28:

From far away King Nanda would call "Sweet boy!", place Him on his lap, and caress Him. Without Him, Nanda is filled with sadness.

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